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The 1930s were the decade of a dynasty, one clad in white with red polka dots, those colors ubiquitous in the winner’s ...
For anybody writing sports in Kentucky today, it would be remiss to fail to note the passing of a giant – maybe the giant – ...
Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, whose life included many different chapters, nearly all of which shaped today's ...
The Hall of Fame trainer, who died Saturday night at age 89, won the Kentucky Derby four times, but the first was the hardest.
One of the most iconic personalities in horse racing and a man that helped transform the face of the industry over the past ...
Sire: Tapit , Gray or Roan, 2001. Lifetime: 831 yearlings sold, median $220,000. Sire: Ghostzapper , Bay, 2000. Lifetime: 635 yearlings sold, median $100,000. Broodmare Sire: A.P ...
Lukas trained thousands of thoroughbred horses, and 51 ran in 31 different Kentucky Derbys. He won the race four times.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On Saturday, Sovereignty etched his name in Kentucky Derby history when he won the 151st run for the roses. Tuesday it was announced that the colt would skip the Preakness ...
Sports 2025 Kentucky Derby winner won’t run in Preakness Published: May. 07, 2025, 8:33 a.m.
Trainer Bill Mott responds to raising and experiencing race horse Sovereignty win the 151st Kentucky Derby Run for the Roses on May 3, 2025. Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the ...
Timelapse video shows the 2025 Kentucky Derby crowd from the start of the day including rain showers and Sovereignty’s win in the Run for the Roses through to the end.
Mott did note that Sovereignty, who beat out 3-1 favorite Journalism in the Run for the Roses, suffered a scrape on his right front pastern, though it is unclear if that is the reason why he will ...