"Derby is all about pomp and pageantry. Why not have an over-the-top mint julep just to celebrate that," McCall said.

The 151st running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve May 3 at Churchill Downs offers not only a purse of $5 million, with $3.1 million going to the winning connections, it ...

Mike Rogers, executive vice president at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, announced Tuesday that Pimlico had received a call from trainer Bill Mott saying that Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty ...

Sovereignty’s win at the 151st Kentucky Derby capped a rainy, spirited day at Churchill Downs, where fans, athletes, and celebrities gathered despite the weather. Derby fashion was on full ...

This year’s Kentucky Derby was the most-watched in decades. Roughly 17.7 million people tuned in to watch Sovereignty win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs, NBC ...

In what is a sign of the times and a new, modern approach to horse racing, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner is skipping the Preakness Stakes, instead focusing on the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga next ...

The 2025 Kentucky Derby, won by Sovereignty, drew an average of 17.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. This viewership is the highest for the Kentucky Derby since 1989 and a record for NBC ...

Just hours before the decision was made not to run him, jockey Junior Alvarado was telling The Courier Journal that he was Triple Crown-worthy. Two weeks is cutting it close on recovery time ...

Sovereignty will not race in next week’s Preakness Stakes, a Pimlico Race Course executive announced Tuesday, ending the Kentucky Derby winner’s bid for the Triple Crown. “We received a call ...

There will be no Triple Crown in 2025 as Kentucky Derby-winner Sovereignty is skipping the Preakness Stakes.Mike Rogers, executive vice president of 1/ST, released a statement, Tuesday afternoon ...

Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, will not race in the Preakness Stakes – the second leg of the three races that make up the Triple Crown ...

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, ending any chance at a Triple Crown for a seventh consecutive year. “We received a call today ...