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Immersive experiences across beauty, food and technology set to debut at this year's Kentucky Derby®

A well-matched field of eight fillies and mares will jaunt six panels on the Churchill Downs dirt in Saturday’s opening day feature, the $200,000 Roxelana S.

A three-year-old female Thoroughbred wins the Kentucky Oaks (G1) every year, while three have pulled off victories in the Kentucky Derby (G1). But in terms of female trainers, only one has managed to win either the Oaks or Derby in the collective 302...

There was a time when it was believed a horse couldn’t win the Kentucky Derby (G1) without having raced as a two-year-old.

Orb, the 2013 Kentucky Derby (G1) hero, recorded his most significant win as a sire when his daughter Sippican Harbor captured the 2018 Spinaway (G1). Now Sippican Harbor’s son, Commandment, tops the points leaderboard.

The Kentucky Derby is more than a race. It is a tradition, a spectacle, and the longest continually held sporting event in America.

Derby Week at Churchill Downs is about presence. The sound of the crowd. The anticipation before the race. The release when the gates open.

Derby fashion is not simply about what you wear. It is part of the Kentucky Derby experience itself.

Derby Week is more than a schedule of races. It is a full week of experiences at Churchill Downs, where each day builds toward the First Saturday in May.

There is a moment on Kentucky Derby Day that people try to explain but rarely capture fully.