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Some of 2024’s best horses will miss the Kentucky Derby as Churchill’s feud with Bob Baffert lingers
Contra Costa Times· 2 days agoThis year’s historic 150th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville will, once...
The 7 biggest takeaways from "Broken Horses," the New York Times' unsettling horse-racing exposé
Salon via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThough Baffert is plagued with a number of high-profile medical violations...funds amounts to small...
Horse racing's household name will miss the 150th Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is exiled for 3rd year
Associated Press· 5 days agoThe 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racing’s household name: Bob Baffert. Last July, Baffert...
Looking back: Mage won 2023 Kentucky Derby on day marred by death of two horses
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoMage’s jockey Javier Castellano also broke a 0-15 skid at Churchill Downs. The day was marred by the...
Brown: With Kentucky Oaks win, Kenny McPeek can add his name to history during Derby 150
The Courier Journal via Yahoo Sports· 8 hours agoThis time last year, a cluster of horse deaths at Churchill Downs, some of which never had a...
Kentucky Derby implements safety changes following deadly year at track
Scripps News via AOL· 5 days agoLast year was not the first time the Kentucky Derby was embroiled in controversy. Trainer Bob...
As Kentucky Derby Nears, Last Year’s Deaths Cast Long Shadow
New York Times· 2 days agoThe Kentucky Derby has been run through two World Wars, the Great Depression, civil rights unrest...
Kentucky Derby allure endures despite a troubled sport and Churchill Downs' iron grip
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoThe ...from what would have been Baffert’s record-setting seventh Derby win on May 1, 2021, when...
Kentucky Derby wide open after Fierceness and Sierra Leone
San Gabriel Valley Tribune· 5 hours agoFate has not been kind to Mike Repole in the Kentucky Derby. In 2011, Uncle Mo was scratched the day...
Kentucky Derby 2024: 5 storylines to watch, including Fierceness’ odds at greatness and other...
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoEvery spring brings hope for a new star, even when the headlines around thoroughbred racing’s most...