Little wooden cars will be zooming around a track during Watsontown’s Fourth of July celebration. The first annual July 4th ...

The Capco Pinewood Derby is set to benefit Troop 259 and bring the community together for a day of racing and fun. Sponsored by Steve Torrence and Capco Contractors, the event will feature ...

There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year ... won the 151st running of the Derby, finishing ahead of 18 other horses on a muddy track at the Churchill Downs Racetrack in ...

May 3, 2025 / Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Despite winning the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty will not race in the Preakness Stakes, which means there will be ...

John and Henry Churchill (also passionate horse aficionados), then used it to build a horse-racing track aptly named “Churchill Downs.” A year later, the very first Kentucky Derby was run in ...

Churchill Downs also has a shorter turf track closer to the infield. The Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles, or 10 furlongs. A furlong is 1/8 of a mile. The winning horse typically finishes the race ...

Sovereignty made a late charge on a muddy track and raced past the ... commanding victory in the first leg of racing’s Triple Crown. It was the second Derby victory for trainer Bill Mott and ...

each vying for the coveted title of Derby champion. These elite thoroughbreds will race over a distance of 1¼ miles, navigating the challenging track at Churchill Downs in Louisville. With a ...

Sovereignty surged ahead down the stretch on a muddy track on Saturday to narrowly beat Journalism — who was the betting favorite entering the race — to claim the 151st Kentucky Derby.

Churchill Downs may not have been ideal Saturday afternoon after nearby rain left the track ... derby and contend for a Triple Crown. That is not to say that Journalism did not run a great race.

This week marks the 151st Kentucky Derby ... race in less than two minutes — Secretariat in 1973 and Monarchos in 2001. One horse, Northern Dancer, did complete the one-and-a-quarter-mile track ...

AND WHILE THERE IS NO RACING THIS AFTERNOON AT CHURCHILL DOWNS, THE TRACK WILL BE BUSY STARTING TOMORROW FOR FIVE O TUESDAY AT THE TRACK IN THE FIELD IS NOW SET FOR THE 151ST KENTUCKY DERBY.