Cherie DeVaux arrived at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May as one of racing's brightest young trainers with a chance to win the Kentucky Derby. She left as the first woman ever to do it.
The Kentucky Derby has a funny way of convincing us that we know more than we do.
Before she ever saddled a horse here, before she ever dreamed of walking one over on Kentucky Oaks Day, Kelsey Danner was tethered to Churchill Downs.
Brad Cox already won the Kentucky Derby. He just wasn't there when it happened.
Bill Mott has always had a pretty clear idea of what a Kentucky Derby horse is supposed to look like.
Iron Honor is out. Steve Asmussen is back in.
To see how the legacy of the late D. Wayne Lukas will live on in the sport he loved — and helped to change — you only had to watch the final day of Churchill Downs’ spring meet on Sunday.
From a young age, Demeritte found a purpose in horses—grooming, walking and caring for them around the tracks in Nassau.
One year after the weekend of a lifetime — winning both the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby — trainer Kenny McPeek doesn’t have a Derby horse (yet). But he does have a lot of autographs to sign.