Calvin Borel

Leave the excuses and the second-guessing for another day. The Kentucky Derby was pretty much a cleanly run race, and the best horse won. There is no doubt about that. Orb went from 17th to fifth in an eye-catching, six-wide move on the far turn and...

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Todd Pletcher is now one for 36 in the Kentucky Derby. The trainer with a vast empire of horses entered five in Saturday's 139th run for the roses and, as bettors expected, Revolutionary, the colt guided by Calvin Borel, moved...

— Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said last week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby, a race he, like any trainer,...

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said this week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby,...

Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey is a man who looks like the embodiment of the nickname that is all anybody calls him by. Short and unassuming, he said this week he made an effort to enjoy the run-up to the Kentucky Derby, a race he has, like any...

The racing gods obviously got their signals crossed, choosing to grace Pimlico with a glorious afternoon to enjoy the first jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday while the 19 horses in the Kentucky Derby slogged through the mud at Churchill Downs. So...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mine That Bird spent the week tucked away in the Kentucky Derby Museum, not far from the track at Churchill Downs and the throngs wondering who will win the 139th run for the roses. The 2009 Derby winner seems to enjoy when...

First things first: Grantland has a terrific look-back at Hunter S. Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved." I always start the Derby primer with a link to this story -- and by always, I mean I also did it last year -- and this adds...

Orb looks like a champ Chris Korman, Baltimore Sun For many involved with the Kentucky Derby, talking about who might win the race consists largely of attempting to find ways to not have to single out a specific horse. Trainer Todd Pletcher, who has...

Horsepower, in the form of Rose to Gold, has led owner Alex Centofanti and trainer Sal Santoro to a place most horsemen dream about. The 3-year-old will be one of 11 to go to post in Friday's $1 million Grade I Kentucky Oaks, the Kentucky Derby for...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Trainer Doug O'Neill had a pretty darned good day on two courses. First he birdied the eighth hole during a Wednesday afternoon golf outing at Valhalla and then he aced the Kentucky Derby draw when Goldencents landed in...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby favorite Orb comes from one of the country's oldest racing families, with ties to the greatest horses of the era. The second choice, Verrazano, is a product of Todd Pletcher's new-school empire; he's one of five...