The Kentucky Derby saw a field of 18 horses Saturday in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown. Golden Tempo, who entered the 1 1/4 mile race with 30-1 odds, defeated a ...

The 2026 Triple Crown season kicks off on Saturday at the Kentucky Derby. Renegade comes into Derby week as the favorite to win at Churchill Downs. Favorite status, or even low odds to win the Derby, ...

Renegade drew the No. 1 post position and was initially the 4-1 morning-line favorite for the 152nd Kentucky Derby, but was eclipsed by The Puma at start of the week. After the odds continued to shift ...

Golden Tempo emerged as the winner of The 2026 Kentucky Derby, capping off a tightly contested race with a narrow victory over race favorite Renegade. Golden Tempo hung back for a majority of the race ...

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Locals say rising ticket prices and a late start time for the Oaks race on Friday are hurting residents and restaurants. “The only thing I see is greed,” one steakhouse owner said. Pat Francis, whose ...

The 152nd Run for the Roses is set for Saturday at 6:57 p.m. ET from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., with trainer Todd Pletcher looking for his third Kentucky Derby victory and first since 2017.

The biggest loser of the post position draw for Saturday's Kentucky Derby also happens to be the favorite for the 152nd running at Churchill Downs. Arkansas Derby winner Renegade drew the No. 1 post ...

With the 152nd Kentucky Derby fast approaching, Churchill Downs is set to host one of the most anticipated events in horse racing. Twenty elite three-year-old thoroughbreds will take to the track, ...

The Road to the Roses is over, and now the spotlight shifts to Churchill Downs, where the 152nd Kentucky Derby is ready to take over Louisville in all its glorious chaos. From the buzz of the post ...

Here's all of WLKY's Kentucky Derby coverage all in one spot.Golden Tempo was this year's big winner, trained by Cherie DeVaux, who became the first female trainer to win the Derby.Big updates ...

Trainer John Oxley was inspired after reading fellow trainer Arthur Hancock’s memoir, Dark Horses. The book was about Hancock’s life as the son of a racing legend, Arthur “Bull” Hancock, Jr., and the ...