The Kentucky Derby loves to market itself as timeless. The hats, the roses, the anthem, the mint juleps, and the old-money pageantry all work because...
Cherie DeVaux did not arrive at Churchill Downs as a novelty. She arrived as a trainer with a live horse, a serious operation, and a chance to do...
For two minutes on the first Saturday in May, Golden Tempo was everything the Kentucky Derby is supposed to be—impossible, chaotic, ridiculous...
In the claustrophobic roar of 150,415 voices beneath the Twin Spires, the 152nd Kentucky Derby didn’t just crown a new champion—it realigned the...
The Kentucky Derby looks deceptively simple from a distance. Twenty horses enter, one horse leaves with the roses, and the entire drama is over...
