Derby News

Joining the show today is the unofficial mayor of the backside of Churchill Downs, Backside Security Coordinator Bill Vest. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on Bill to talk about his work and go behind the scenes to talk about his role at the...

Picking
the winner in a race can be difficult enough when the field is large and evenly
matched, but selecting the winner across multiple consecutive races is a whole
other challenge.
However,
a horizontal wager — or a bet made across more...

It’s well known that the sire of Kingsbarns, brilliant champion Uncle Mo, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby (G1) due to illness in 2011. But the dam (mother) of Kingsbarns, Lady Tapit, was herself highly regarded. A rare filly to be nominated...

“This Derby is developing so good that it almost
frightens me.”

Equidistant between a nuclear confrontation that had been
successfully averted and a national tragedy that would kickstart years of
domestic turbulence, the spring of 1963 was...

The 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) was one for the ages, as 80-1 Rich Strike beat out 4-1
favorite
Epicenter, who placed second, resulting in an astounding $4,101.20 payout on a $2 exacta wager.

While you don’t
see that kind of payoff at the racetrack...

Jonathan Poulin, Westerberg, Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael Tabor’s Verifying sits in 13th place on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series leaderboard with 54 qualifying points. He was last seen finishing a game second...

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Disarm ranks 18th on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby Challenge series leaderboard with 46 qualifying points for conditioner Steve Asmussen. The talented youngster punched his ticket for the Run for the Roses...

Horses are back here at Churchill Downs preparing for the first Saturday in May. On today’s show Darren and KK bring on trainer Brad Cox to talk about his work, training three horses who have made the cut for the 149th Kentucky Derby.  He breakdowns...

A
solid field of turf turf stayers will travel 1 1/2 miles on the
Keeneland green
in Saturday’s $350,000 Elkhorn (G2). The grassy marathon attracted the
top-two finishers in the race in 2022, Channel Maker and Another Mystery, and I
will be looking...

Dating back to
the 1915 Kentucky Derby (G1), 34 horses have entered the event with an
undefeated record, with 18 of those sent off as the post-time favorite in the
race.

Nine of the unbeaten
Derby starters prevailed in the Run for the Roses, including...