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Owner Gary West has confirmed he will appeal Maximum Security's disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner for causing interference.

Outsider Country House has been declared the winner of the Kentucky Derby after the disqualification of Maximum Security.

Trainer Bob Baffert now has the first three in the market for the Kentucky Derby after the scratching of Omaha Beach as he chases a...

Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach has been scratched after being found to have an entrapped epiglottis, a condition which hampers breathing.

Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach has drawn barrier 12 with his main opposition, Game Winner, to start from 16.

Fox Hill Farms’ Omaha Beach entered Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at a sloppy Oaklawn Park needing to secure a beachhead in the Kentucky...

Tabbed as the heir apparent to Justify before he ever ran, Roadster is now in a position to go for classic glory himself. The Bob...

Trainer George Weaver, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, has had one previous starter in the Kentucky Derby (G1), a 52-1 longshot that beat just one...

The final leg of the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1)” was run on Sunday at Nakayama. Run at 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8...

Maximum Security, whose three previous starts were dominating wins in a $16,000 maiden claimer and two starter allowances, lulled the perceived best three-year-olds in South...

In War of Will’s case, “WOW” isn’t just an acronym. His longtime nickname around the Mark Casse barn, “WOW” could also sum up his life’s...

Code of Honor flashed enormous promise in his first two starts but nothing went according to plan over the following months as he was forced...

Tsuru Nishimori’s Oval Ace wore down Weitblick to prevail in a battle of unbeatens in Sunday’s Hyacinth S. at Tokyo, the third race on the...

War of Will accelerated into the stretch with a clear lead and scored by a 2 ¼-length margin in the $400,000 Risen Star (G2), winning...

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 4 will be the richest in history as the...

Mind Control showed speed from the start and turned back multiple challenges posting a front-running victory in the $150,000 Jerome at Aqueduct. The New Year’s...

Gunmetal Gray made a last-to-first rally to defeat heavily favored Coliseum and five others in Saturday’s $100,702 Grade 3 Sham at Santa Anita, the first...

Team Justify is back on the Triple Crown trail. That’s the inescapable conclusion after WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, and Starlight Racing’s Improbable romped as...

The preparation might have been off heading to the stalls for Maximus Mischief, but the colt wasn’t fooling around when the gates opened, cruising to...

After a troubled second in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) and a third from post 13 in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), Signalman put it together...

THE Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is known for establishing the early favorite for the upcoming Kentucky Derby. This year, that race returned to Churchill Downs as...

THE inevitable question following the Kentucky Derby every year is whether or not the winner of the race can go on to complete America’s Triple...

New Zealand bloodstock agent Michael Wallace has claimed a slice of American racing history. The China Horse Club’s racing and bloodstock manager played a major...

Aidan O'Brien says the sloppy conditions and a bump at the start of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs played against Mendelssohn.

Justify has won the wettest Kentucky Derby in history to give trainer Bob Baffert his fifth win and jockey Mike Smith his second.