In 1872, Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the grandson of that Clark, went to the Epson Derby in England. When he got back to the States, he started a racing club called the Louisville Jockey Club and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — We're celebrating 150 years of horse racing history at this track, and it's impossible to list everything. No single person can know everything about the Kentucky Derby, but ...

The Kentucky Derby is one of those events that sports fans know is a big deal, even if they only check in on horse racing once a year. It is fast, flashy, tradition-heavy and usually packed with ...

Oliver Lewis, the Black jockey who won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, was commemorated with a statue on June 24 at Churchill Downs.

The fastest two minutes in sports delivered a thrilling finish last year with Rich Strike completing the second-biggest upset in Kentucky Derby history. The thoroughbred entered the race as an ...

Cherie DeVaux made history as the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby as Golden Tempo bested an 18-horse field in the 152nd Run for the Roses. Afterward, an emotional DeVaux clutched her ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cherie DeVaux spent the week talking a lot about the possibility of becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner as she got ready to be just the 18th to enter a horse in ...

Cherie DeVaux made history when Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby at the beginning of May, becoming the first female trainer to win the first leg of the Triple Crown. DeVaux, 44, said that while she ...

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