As favorite Epicenter and Zandon engaged in a duel at the front, Rich Strike stole the show with the second-biggest upset in the Derby’s 148-year history.
The Chicago Bears took a major step toward moving out of their longtime home at Soldier Field and into the suburbs by signing a purchase agreement for Arlington Park about 30 miles northwest of the city.
Tiz The Law, a 4/5 favorite and winner of the first jewel of horse racing's elusive Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, finished 1 1/4 lengths behind Authentic (8-1) which led the entire race wire-to wire.
The fastest two minutes in sports will also be the quietest in Kentucky Derby history. Churchill Downs will not have 23,000 physically distanced, masked fans at Saturday’s race.
Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners, 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs.
Churchill Downs will open stables at the track and training center in phases starting May 11 before races are run during its spring meet without spectators.
Churchill Downs will recognize the first Saturday in May with a “Kentucky Derby at Home” online party, The virtual Derby featuring 13 former Triple Crown winners.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will work his first Kentucky Derby on Saturday as part of his expanding role with NBC Sports and is also slated to cover his first Indianapolis 500.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming has made himself right at home at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course in Stall 40, which has sheltered many of the greatest champions in horse racing history.
The bay colt was in excellent spirits Tuesday after traveling from Churchill Downs to Pimlico, where he will spend the next 11 days before running in the Preakness...