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Get ready for an unforgettable Derby Week! From Opening Day to Thurby, Oaks Day, and the 152nd Kentucky Derby, discover key event times and how to join the celebration at Churchill Downs.

It says a bit about the open nature of this year’s Kentucky Derby picture that the top individual still doesn’t hold favoritism in Pool 4 of the Future Wager.

The saint's feast day became associated with romantic love, but there are more practical reasons why it's also the start of the Thoroughbred breeding season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Let’s highlight 10 of the most intriguing Triple Crown nominees in Japan.

Let’s take a closer look at the Triple Crown nominees in Dubai and Europe.

As a $2,000 yearling purchase turned Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, Express Kid is the very type of rags-to-riches story that fuels dreams.

While Sun Beau may have finished behind his former stablemate under the Twin Spires, the horse that his owner said was the best he ever bred or owned earned his spot in the Hall of Fame with his long list of handicap victories and his status as record...

Often called Thoroughbred racing’s version of the Oscars, the Eclipse Awards honor champions in various categories, both human and equine, for outstanding performances each year.

The 1941 Kentucky Derby featured Mr. Longtail, Whirlaway, the first of Calumet Farm’s eight winners and the first of their two Triple Crown winners, but that year’s Run for the Roses included another star in a colt named Market Wise.

Though Gulch may not have been victorious in the 113th Derby, he did go on to a winning career at shorter distances and later produced a Kentucky Derby winner, sealing his place in the history of the Run for the Roses.