Rob Carr / Getty Images Huge News After Closest Kentucky Derby Win in Decades - Will We See Another Triple Crown? Next Saturday's Preakness Stakes will feature Mystik Dan, the horse who won a dramatic victory at the Kentucky Derby. By Jack Davis May 12, 2024
Bob Thomas / Getty Images Suspect in Custody After 30 Horses Are Killed at Racetrack in New York A Pennsylvania man faces arson charges after allegedly setting a fire at a New York state racetrack in which 30 horses were killed. By Jack Davis November 13, 2023
Jeff Roberson - File / AP Kentucky Derby Winner Will Not Race After Trainer Notices Strange Symptoms Kentucky Derby winner Mage won't run in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic, his trainer Gustavo Delgado said Sunday. By The Associated Press October 29, 2023
Charlie Riedel - File / AP Months After Sudden Racing Suspension Sparked by Horse Deaths, Home of Kentucky Derby Drops Major Announcement On Monday, Churchill Downs - home of the Kentucky Derby - announced that racing would be scheduled for the fall. By The Associated Press July 31, 2023
WYFF News 4 / YouTube screen shot 'Horseman of the Year' Shoots Grand Prix Jumper Dead Deputies were called out to the horseman's home following reports of a fight in which a firearm was discharged. By Johnathan Jones July 14, 2023
AP Photo / John Minchillo All Racing Canceled at Belmont Park Two Days Before Final Leg of Triple Crown A number of other sporting events, such as MLB, WNBA, and NWSL games, have also been canceled throughout the Northeast. By The Associated Press June 8, 2023
Julio Cortez / AP Two More Racehorses Dead at Home of Kentucky Derby, 12 Horses Now Lost in Troubling String of Fatalities A string of racehorse deaths has plagued Churchill Downs, and now two more racehorses have died, bringing the number of fatalities to 12. By The Associated Press May 27, 2023
Rob Carr / Getty Images Another Racehorse Death Rocks Triple Crown: Horse Injures Jockey, Goes Wild Mid-Race Before Being Euthanized Another horse death has rocked the Triple Crown after a horse had to be euthanized hours before the Preakness. By The Associated Press May 20, 2023
Andy Lyons / Getty ImagesCommentary God Exalted in Aftermath of Kentucky Derby as Winning Jockey Praises the Name Above All Names Winning the Kentucky Derby is a time for celebration. If you're a Castellano brother, it's also a time to exalt God. By Bryan Chai May 7, 2023
Andy Lyons / Getty Images Trainer Suspended Following Suspicious Horse Deaths Days Before Kentucky Derby: 'Something's Not Right' Controversy has struck the Kentucky Derby just as festivities were about to begin, and one trainer is paying for it. By Bryan Chai May 6, 2023