#Battle of Midway

Always Dreaming need dream no longer after the horse won the 143rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs on a soggy track. Jockey John Velazquez rode Always Dreaming during the annual event that was attended by more than 158070 people - the seventh-largest crowd in the race's 143-year history. The win for Always Dreaming marks the second…

OCEANPORT - His turf course. His race.Jockey Joe Bravo gave the Mike Maker-trained Bigger Picture a picture-perfect rail-skimming ride as that horse rallied from last in the field of nine with five furlongs left to win the Grade I $300000 United Nations Stakes by a head over Can't helpbelieving Saturday at Monmouth Park.For Bravo, a 13-time…

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In the days leading up to the 38th Breeders' Cup at Del Mar in California, usracing.com is publishing profiles on the horses in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (Saturday, Nov. 6). The profiles will be updated following the post-position draw on Monday, Nov. 1 (5:30 p.m. ET) By Margaret Ransom Baoma Corporation paid $750000 for Private…

It's time once again for pricey mint juleps and off-key singing of "My Old Kentucky Home." The Kentucky Derby will be run this Saturday at Churchill Downs racetrack. Veteran Derby watchers say there does not appear to be a standout horse in this year's field, but someone must win, and many people will make money on it. Here's what we know about…

However green the enormous 2017 Kentucky Derby field of twenty might seem, and it is pretty darn green, tomorrow evening the colts will still be bugled to the track through a wild crowd, muscled into their gates, and will engage in a blistering horse race. Somebody, be it an odds favorite like Classic Empire or McCraken, or a lovable long shot like…

Twenty horses and jockeys will compete in the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby May 6, 2017, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Without a standout favorite, the first leg of racing's Triple Crown appears wide open. This year's winnings for "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" total $2 million. When: Saturday, May 6 Post Time: 6:34 p.m.…