The Kentucky Derby Turns 150 Years Old

As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky Derby. "There's nothing like winning […]

#US RACING: Deaths At Kentucky Derby Bring Changes

Memories are made at the Kentucky Derby, most of them good. Whether cashing a winning ticket, sipping mint juleps or marvelling at the horses, crowds pack Churchill Downs to experience a bucket list sporting event. Many left last year in tears, anger and questioning the safety of the sport after 12 horses died at the […]

#US RACING: Trainer Chad Brown Seeks First Kentucky Derby Win

There was a brief moment three weeks ago when trainer Chad Brown's Kentucky Derby outlook was jolted as one of his hopefuls resisted multiple attempts to enter the gate in a major qualifying race and then started slowly. Things turned out way better than Brown could have guessed as that testy colt, Sierra Leone, put […]

#US RACING: Encino Out Of The 150th Kentucky Derby

Encino won't run in the Kentucky Derby this weekend, trainer Brad Cox said Tuesday. The colt didn't look right after morning training and was vanned to an equine hospital in Lexington. X-rays were negative but a soft tissue strain in his right front leg was diagnosed, Cox told the Daily Racing Form. "He galloped first […]

#US RACING: Relive When Mage Won The 2023 Kentucky Derby

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The 2024 edition of the Kentucky Derby at the Churchill Down race track takes place on Saturday (May 4, 2024). Quickgallopja.com relives the moment when Mage ridden by Javier Castellano won the 2023 Kentucky Derby.

Bob Baffert Exiled For 3rd Year From Kentucky

The 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racing’s household name: Bob Baffert. The Hall of Fame trainer with a record-tying six victories won't be saddling a contender in Saturday's Run for the Roses for the third consecutive year. Last July, Baffert had another year tacked on to his two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc., which […]

HONG KONG RACING: Watch Romantic Warrior Win 3rd QE 11 Cup

Romantic Warrior made history with a third victory in the Group One QE II Cup on Sunday (April 28) while the great Golden Sixty fell short on an action-packed Champions Day at Sha Tin. Golden Sixty, Hong Kong's most successful horse with world-record prize money of more than US $21.3 million, was unable to land a […]