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News Articles: Kentucky Derby

A worker leads a racehorse back to the stables on the backside of a horse racing track in Louisville, Ky., on April 29.

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  • USPS

Horse racing industry braces for crackdown on illegal immigration

Horse racing depends on thousands of workers without legal status, and industry leaders fear that Trump's soft touch toward the industry in his first term will not persist in his second.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Spectators watch a horse race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on April 30, 2025. Junior Alvarado, a jockey from Venezuela, makes his way to second place before crossing the finish line.

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  • National

The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of 'Latino excellence'

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Brittany McKewn, of Asheville, N.C., wears a hat shaped like a rose before the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on May 7, 2022, in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Sports

Inside the glitz and glamor of the Kentucky Derby

Hats, horses and high rollers. These are just some of the things that add to the atmosphere of Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

May 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
May 1988: General view of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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  • Sports

Larry Demeritte will be the first Black trainer in the Kentucky Derby in decades

Larry Demeritte is the first Black trainer participating in the Kentucky Derby in 35 years. And while the betting-books have his colt West Saratoga running at long odds, Demeritte, who is battling chronic illness and cancer, is feeling confident.

For the 70-something veteran trainer, this is his first time at the Derby, but he is part of a rich history of Black horsemen who helped shape the Kentucky Derby into the iconic race it is today.

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May 06, 2024
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Jockey Jose Santos rides Funny Cide to victory in the 128th Preakness Stakes in May 2003.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Funny Cide, a gutsy longshot of a horse who nearly won the Triple Crown

Funny Cide was an unknown racehorse from New York state in 2003 when he came out of nowhere to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. He died this week at the age of 23.

July 21, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Javier Castellano celebrates after riding Mage to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Sports

Mage has won the Kentucky Derby, at a race meeting marred by 7 horse deaths

Mage earned a surprising Kentucky Derby victory on Saturday, capping a nerve-rattling day that included two more fatalities ahead of the 149th edition of the world's most famous race.

May 07, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lord Miles was scratched from Saturday's Kentucky Derby after two other horses trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr. The trainer was hit with an indefinite suspension. The race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., has a post time just before 7 p.m. ET.

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  • Sports

A trainer is suspended from the Kentucky Derby after 2 of his horses died

The horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. died within three days of each other from unknown causes. Another of Joseph's horses, Lord Miles, has been withdrawn from Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

May 05, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Sonny Leon and Rich Strike won the 148th Kentucky Derby last weekend. Instead of racing at the Preakness Stakes, the second stop of the Triple Crown series, the horse will get some much needed rest before the third race at the Belmont Stakes in New York.

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  • Sports

Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike won't race at Preakness Stakes

Rick Dawson, owner of Rich Strike and RED TR-Racing, said the horse will skip the next stop of the Triple Crown and get some rest before the third race in the series, the Belmont Stakes, in New York.

May 12, 2022
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  • Dustin Jones
Fans cheers during race five before the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Sports

Horse racing is on the cusp of major changes in the U.S. after years of scandal

A newly formed regulatory authority for horse racing is introducing new standards for the sport. Some stakeholders are pushing back.

May 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Fans cheers during race five before the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Sports

Horse racing is on the cusp of major changes in the U.S. after years of scandal

A newly formed regulatory authority for horse racing is introducing new standards for the sport. Some stakeholders are pushing back.

May 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Models pose in pieces from Homme + Femme's latest collaboration with Churchill Downs for this year's Kentucky Derby race.

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  • Arts & Life

Homme + Femme's collection pays homage to the Black horsemen of the Kentucky Derby

The collection includes several items all with unique designs honoring the first Black jockeys of the Derby.

May 07, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
John Velazquez rides Medina Spirit across the finish line at the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in May 2021. Medina Spirit failed a post race drug test and on Monday, was stripped of his 2021 title.

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  • Sports

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit stripped of 2021 title after failed drug test

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission determined Monday that Medina Spirit had betamethasone in his blood, and is now disqualified from last year's race.

February 22, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness entrant Medina Spirit is bathed ahead of the Preakness Stakes on May 12, 2021 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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  • Sports

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit collapsed and died after a workout in California

The 3-year-old colt, whose Derby win is under dispute, died suddenly from what appears to have been a cardiac event, said an on-site veterinary team at Southern California's Santa Anita racetrack.

December 06, 2021
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  • Tien Le
Medina Spirit, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, leads the field to the first turn during the Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The colt has failed a second drug test following the race.

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  • Sports

Churchill Downs Has Suspended The Trainer Of The Kentucky Derby's Winning Colt

Medina Spirit tested positive for a type of banned steroid known as betamethasone after winning the legendary race on May 1. The same steroid was found in a second test.

June 02, 2021
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  • Mark Katkov
Kentucky Derby winner — for now — Medina Spirit, left, walks the track at Pimlico in Baltimore ahead of Saturday's Preakness Stakes.

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  • Sports

Medina Spirit Allowed To Run In The Preakness Amid Controversy Over Failed Drug Test

After previously accusing critics of "cancel culture," trainer Bob Baffert admitted Tuesday that the horse had been given an ointment containing the offending drug in the days leading up to the Derby.

May 11, 2021
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  • Becky Sullivan
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