A Lexington native who grew up in Frankfort, Patrick Reed attended the University of Kentucky as an undergrad, working at Keeneland’s Turf Catering during his senior year. A casual racing fan through ...

Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:26 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 5 1/2 lengths ...

Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:42:39 Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 7 1/2 lengths ...

Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...

The $500,000, Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by Twinspires.com scheduled for Saturday at Aqueduct offers one final opportunity for accomplished dirt mile horses to compete in a marquee race ...

Origin Story. Gov. Oden Bowie had such a good time at an 1868 dinner party given by Milton Sanford that he decided to commemorate the occasion with the promise to build a racetrack for a stakes named ...

Now, organizers are focused on the future and what built the Preakness in the first place: racing, local flavor, and community pride. While there’s still some apprehension about what comes next, ...

The $2 million, Grade 1 Preakness held at 1 3/16 miles on dirt stands as the second leg of U.S. horse racing’s Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, following the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve ...

Both of his sons, Harry Payne and William Payne, followed their father into the sport, the latter with his wife, Helen Hay Whitney, daughter of John Hay, former politician and ambassador to the United ...

The final three major prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve worth 100 qualifying points each to the winner are on tap for Saturday in New York, Kentucky, and California, so ...

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite ...

The $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks is the premier dirt race for 3-year-old fillies in North America, a 1 1/8-mile test that goes a long way toward determining the Eclipse Award in the division ...