In the 2017 Kentucky Derby lineup, nearly half of the jockeys were Latino, four were from Europe, one was from Jamaica, and the remaining seven jockeys were born in the U.S.

Jockey Jimmy Winkfield, whose cinematic life went from Lexington to Russia to France, will be honored with others.

A group of prominent Lexington residents met in 1826, which would eventually lead to the first horse racing track in the city ...

Mystik Dan will become the first Kentucky Derby winner ever to run at Colonial Downs. It will be the most lucrative day in ...

Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. is the all-time leading rider at Kentucky Downs, with 65 career victories ...

This year’s Kentucky Derby-winning jockey, Junior Alvarado, rode Fort Washington to a victory as 2024 Kentucky Derby winner ...

Here are some of the racing horses that overcame the odds to win the sport’s biggest race, the Kentucky Derby. Donerail (1913) Odds: 91-1 The 39th winner of the Kentucky Derby earned his roses.

Rich Strike (2022) Odds: 80-1 Forty-eight hours before the race, Rich Strike was nowhere near the conversation of Kentucky Derby champions. In fact, he wasn’t even in the same race.