Records are routinely broken in other sports, but Secretariat’s record-breaking times in the 1973 Triple Crown have never ...

Heading into the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, here's a look at the fastest times in the history of horse racing's ...

Luxor Cafe, who was bred in Kentucky but based in Japan, qualified via the “Japan Road to the Derby.” Luxor Cafe enters the ...

This year's edition of "the most exciting two minutes in sports" will captivate spectators with pageantry, history and lots ...

There was no bigger surprise victory among the horses on this list than Proud Clarion, which paid $62.20 on a $2 win bet, ...

Kentucky is the leading birthplace for derby winners. More than 77% of Kentucky Derby winners were born in the state, which ...

At a place steeped in history, finding the moments that mean the most can be tough, but a Kentucky Derby Museum Curator is up ...

It’s been seven years since the post-time favorite won the Kentucky Derby. Justify — who went on to become horse racing’s ...

On a crisp, clear morning, a chestnut thoroughbred thundered down the dirt strip at Churchill Downs, his exercise rider ...

You get a lot of “War-Something” names in Kentucky Derby history. We had War Cloud in 1918 and War Emblem in 2002, for ...

The Kentucky Derby has been run 117 times since 1908, and the post-time favorite has won the race 40 times. That’s a success ...

“Horses allowed us to circumvent our own biological limitations as a species,” said Timothy Winegard, a historian at Colorado Mesa University and author of a recent book, “The Horse.” “We combined our ...