There won't be a Triple Crown winner this season with Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty bypassing the 2025 Preakness Stakes because his connections wanted to give him extra recovery time before the Belmont Stakes in June.

Kentucky Derby Day again set wagering records for Churchill Downs. Final payouts for Kentucky Derby bets on Sovereignty, Journalism, Baeza and others:

Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com at the 151st Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Sovereignty won the 151st edition of the Grade 1, $5 million Kentucky Derby on Saturday night in ...

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Horse racing fans arrived at Churchill Downs this weekend to watch the 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby, which is slated to begin on Saturday evening.

which galloped through thick mud at Churchill Downs after daylong showers. Sovereignty came out of the 18th gate and went off with the fourth-best odds at 7-1 as the race started. Journalism ...

"It was something we've been trying to do for many years, and to be actually able to live it out, without dreaming about it, was unbelievable. It was an epic weekend."

UAE Derby runner-up Heart of Honor is to ship to Pimlico Monday from Churchill Downs, where Kentucky Derby seventh Sandman stretched his leg in a two-mile jog Sunday before he too heads to Maryland