As Journalism, trained by Michael McCarthy, heads to Churchill Downs as one of the favorites for the 150th Kentucky Derby, McCarthy is using the moment to spotlight something often overlooked ...

Mouth caked in mud, close but not quite, Umberto Rispoli had a hard truth for Michael McCarthy. "On the mud, he was the best horse," Rispoli said, referring to Kentucky Derby 151 winner ...

Mouth caked in mud, close but not quite, Umberto Rispoli had a hard truth for Michael McCarthy. "On the mud, he was the best horse," Rispoli said, referring to Kentucky Derby 151 winner Sovereignty — ...

And Michael McCarthy, Journalism's trainer, has been in the game long enough to know horses like this don't come along very often. He says Journalism is his best shot so far at winning a derby on ...

Through a mouth caked in mud, Umberto Rispoli delivered a hard-but-simple truth to Michael McCarthy under the Twin Spires. "On the mud, he was the best horse," the jockey said, referring to ...

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert returns to the Kentucky Derby in search of a seventh victory on Saturday, but the Michael McCarthy-trained Journalism is the California colt favored to capture the ...