Reigning Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bill Mott has been named recipient of the 2025 Warner L. Jones Jr. Horseman of the Year Award, the Louisville-based Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners (KTO) announced ...

Since UK and its football coach signed the contract extension making Stoops one of the nation’s highest-paid coaches, not much has gone right.

Brian Hernandez Jr. won both the Kentucky Oaks, aboard Thorpedo Anna, and the 150th Kentucky Derby, atop Mystik Dan, in 2024.

Last year’s Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will return to his desired racing surface in the Grade 2 Lukas Classic on ...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Spice Runner is the early points leader on the 2026 'Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve”' after the Gun Runner colt narrowly won Saturday’s 44th ...

The first points races toward the 2026 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are set for Saturday. Churchill Downs is offering a new Late Pick 3 wager during the September Meet. Churchill Downs’ 13 th ...

Churchill Downs’ 13 th annual September Meet will open Thursday and features 11 stakes races over 14 days of live racing. The September Meet will be staged over three weeks with racing scheduled for ...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby series debuted in 2013. It's a sliding scale of points awarded to the top five finishing positions in select qualifying races. At the end of the 36-race series, the ...

The official Road to the Kentucky Derby will begin Sept. 13 at the home of America's greatest race as Churchill Downs stages the 44th running of the $300,000 Iroquois (G3) for 2-year-olds at one mile ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --A baby raccoon that became drunk from eating fermented peaches and nearly drowned in a dumpster was rescued by a Kentucky nurse who performed CPR on the animal. Misty Combs, a ...

The University of Kentucky cheerleader whose dead newborn was found stuffed in a closet listed being a mother as one of her life goals in a social media post just months before police made the grisly ...

A 21-year-old University of Kentucky athlete has been arrested after allegedly hiding her dead infant inside a closet. The Lexington Police Department took Laken Snelling into custody Sunday after ...