LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Winning the Kentucky Derby is extremely difficult. Just getting one to the starting gate on the first Saturday in May is nearly as hard.

Whether the defection happens in January, such as with champion Ted Noffey, or late March as was the case with Paladin, a horse isn’t in the Derby until he’s actually in the starting gate.

On Wednesday morning, just 81 hours before Kentucky Derby 152 was to go to post, trainer Mark Casse revealed that Silent Tactic will have to scratch from the race due to a bruised foot.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.– They don’t have the numbers or typically spend the type of money that seemingly would make them consistent participants in the Triple Crown. Yet, three years after upsetting the Kentucky Derby with Mage, the Delgado family is back to take another run at the world’s most famous horse race, their fourth time going for the roses.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Todd Pletcher watched the 2025 Kentucky Derby with family and friends from a hotel maybe 1 1/4 miles away from Churchill Downs. A participant in the race for 21 straight years – and a two-time winner – Pletcher’s lone Derby entrant, Grande, had been scratched the day before the race due to a cracked heel.

“It was a strange feeling, I guess,” said Pletcher, whose 65 Derby starters is a record. “You do the best you can to try and prepare them and get them there and sometimes it doesn’t work out.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seth Klarman fancies himself a bit of a contrarian. It is a philosophy that has helped make him one of the most successful investors in America. It is a philosophy that has made him one of the most successful owners in Thoroughbred racing.

CHURCHILL DOWNS
Monday, April 27
Weather: Cloudy
Temp. 56°
Track: Fast

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Six Speed, Wonder Dean, and Danon Bourbon secured their respective spots in this year’s Kentucky Derby by earning points on the Japan and European/Middle East roads to the race. All three were in the spotlight Monday at Churchill Downs during the special training session reserved for Derby and Oaks horses at 7:15 a.m. after the renovation break.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The success of Japan-based horses in America and internationally, most notably that of 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Forever Young, has fueled thoughts that a Kentucky Derby may soon be within reach for a horse from the Land of the Rising Sun.