Kentucky Derby

There won’t be a Triple Crown winner in 2025 — and that’s known before the second leg even takes place.

Sovereignty won the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. From his trainer, jockey and more, here’s what to know about the new champion.

Sovereignty pulled away from Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby Saturday on a muddy Churchill Downs track.

NBC Sports host Mike Tirico said a “significant” nut allergy reaction caused him to step away from media duties at Churchill Downs.

A look at the top horses heading into Saturday’s 151st Running of the Roses.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby features a horse named Journalism, who is a betting favorite. Here’s everything to know about the bay colt.

There’s one post position that has never produced a Kentucky Derby winner.

The field for this year’s Kentucky Derby has 19 horses competing following a pair of scratches. Here’s a breakdown of all the contenders.

Twenty horses in the Kentucky Derby compete for glory… and cash. Here’s how much prize money will be awarded at Churchill Downs in 2025.

The first leg of the Triple Crown is upon us, with the Kentucky Derby set for Saturday on NBC. Here’s a preview for the biggest event in horse racing.

A look back at the biggest American sports championships awarded in 2024.

A look back at the biggest American sports championships awarded in 2024.

Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish, with Sierra Leone and Forever Young following in 2nd and 3rd.

The 150th Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday and won by Mystik Dan.

The Kentucky Derby will remain on NBC through 2032 after the network and Churchill Downs Inc. extended their contract through 2032. The deal was announced hours before the running of the 150th race on Saturday.

Larry Demeritte has run horses on Kentucky Derby day in the past, just never in the big race. The 74-year-old trainer says it was all practice for Saturday, when he will saddle West Saratoga in the Derby.

The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this Saturday. America’s longest continuously held sporting event has survived two world wars, the Great Depression and pandemics, including COVID-19 in 2020.

Here’s how much it costs to get into Churchill Downs and witness the 150th Kentucky Derby live in-person.

Larry Demeritte is just the second Black trainer since 1951 with a horse in the Kentucky Derby, a race that was dominated in its early years by winning Black trainers.

Jayson Werth won the World Series with Philadelphia and played 63 playoff games during his major league career with the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Phillies and Nationals. Still nothing compares with the adrenaline rush of his new favorite sport, horse racing. Werth owns over a dozen thoroughbreds, including Dornoch, who will run in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday....