One of his horses, Medina Spirit, crossed the finish line first in the 2021 Derby and failed a post-race drug test. The horse was disqualified and Baffert was punished.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby is here, and there's a lot of money waiting at the finish line. On May 3, 19 horses and their jockeys will compete in a 1.25-mile race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The ...

Derby Week all-sources betting totaled $446.6 million, topping the previous record of $412 million set last year. Saturday’s official Kentucky Derby attendance was 156,710, an increase from last ...

Mage, ridden by jockey Javier Castellano, crosses the finish line to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on May 6, 2023. (Sam Mallon/Getty Images) ...

Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan, right, runs to the finish line to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP ...

The Kentucky Derby might be, as its trademarked slogan suggests, the most exciting two minutes in sports® — and it is unquestionably the most wagered-on, most-watched and most-attended horse race in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockey Tyler Gaffalione was fined $2,500 Friday for “touching a rival with his left hand” near the finish of the 150th Kentucky Derby.

The oldest trainer to win the Kentucky Derby was Art Sherman, who was 77 when he won with California Chrome in 2014. Charlie Whittingham won with Sunday Silence in 1989 at age 76.