Horse Racing News

 The 152nd Kentucky Derby is here. Saturday, May 2, 2026. Churchill Downs. If you have been around this game long enough, you already know the week leading into the first Saturday in May carries its own particular weight. The official Kentucky Derby odds have been moving all week, conne

 Post positions are drawn. Morning line is posted. Jockey assignments are locked in. The serious training is done. Everything that was going to happen before the gate opens on the first Saturday in May has happened. Now it comes down to you, your ticket, and twenty horses trying to make

 Two days out from the Run for the Roses, and the field keeps shifting. Brad Cox confirmed Thursday morning what everyone feared after a precautionary look: Fulleffort has a bone chip in his left hind ankle and will not run in the Kentucky Derby 152. That opens the door for Ocelli, trai

 The Run for the Lilies is two days away, and if you have not started building your tickets for the 2026 Kentucky Oaks, now is the time to lock in. Friday night, May 1, Churchill Downs goes primetime for the first time in the history of this race, with the 152nd running of the Longines

 The gates are assigned. The arguments are already starting. Saturday's 2026 Kentucky Derby post position draw confirmed what every serious bettor dreads and secretly hopes for at the same time: a top chalk getting a brutal gate. Renegade, trained by Todd Pletcher and the 4-1 morning-li