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Derby News April 29, 2024

Running Through Arkansas: Arkansas’ Impact on the Kentucky Derby

Arkansas doesn’t have a professional baseball, basketball, or football team. But the state is major league in one sport: thoroughbred horse racing.

Features April 28, 2024

Portrait of Aristides

Aristides, Part 1: The first Kentucky Derby winner lived up to his name

The Kentucky Derby was fortunate to have Aristides as its first winner in 1875; his name summed up his character, and foreshadowed the nature of the Kentucky Derby itself.

Features April 28, 2024

Aristides, Part 2: Kentucky Derby Day 1875

And so the stage was set for that first Kentucky Derby, on Monday, May 17, 1875, the grand opening of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, later called Churchill Downs.

Features April 28, 2024

Aristides in bronze at Churchill Downs

Aristides, Part 3: Life and legacy after the inaugural Kentucky Derby

"The little red hoss'll keep the books today," McGrath confidently asserted.

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Derby News April 7, 2024

Horsepower in the Bluegrass: The Economic Impact of Horse Racing

With five Thoroughbred and three harness tracks, horse racing in the Bluegrass is an essential part of the state’s economic fabric, a driver for the employment of thousands and millions of dollars in taxes and income.

Derby News April 1, 2024

How Kentucky Derby betting traditions have changed over time since 1875

The landscape of betting on the Kentucky Derby has changed a lot since the inaugural edition in 1875.

The first go-round of pari-mutuel betting didn't catch on.
Bookmaking ruled the Churchill Downs betting scene until 1908.
1878 brought a $5 minimum...

Derby News March 22, 2024

Handicapper John Mucciolo's Top 5 Kentucky Derbies

As we are approaching the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4, I will take a look back at my handful of favorite editions of the Run for the Roses.

Derby News March 8, 2024

Tales from the Crib: Dornoch

One year after his brother Mage starred in the “Run for the Roses,” Dornoch aims to complete the first-ever sibling double in the Kentucky Derby.

Derby News March 1, 2024

Tales from the Crib: Fierceness

If champion Fierceness can fulfill owner Mike Repole’s quest for the Kentucky Derby (G1), his victory would carry special meaning as a homebred.

Pedigree fun facts February 27, 2024

10 Pedigree fun facts: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone first made headlines when commanding the top price of $2.3 million as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga.

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