Sports

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  -- Bodemeister has been made the early 4-1 favorite for the Kentucky Derby, with Union Rags the second choice in a full field of 20 horses.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - President Barack Obama will host the National Champion Kentucky Wildcats basketball team at the White House this Friday. 

Cincinnati, OH  - Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce has been named National League Player of the Weekfor the period ending April 29th.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - It was an exciting finale to the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event on Sunday afternoon with the winner being decided only when the very last horse, Parklane Hawk,  had cleared the final show-jump in the Rolex Arena. Briton William Fox-Pitt, a winner in 2010 on Cool Mountain, climbed from second place after the dressage phase on Friday afternoon to lead after cross country with one of only seven faultless rounds over Derek Di Grazia's course on Saturday riding Catherine Witt's New Zealand bred ex-racehorse.

VERSAILLES, Ky.  - Dynaformer, the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has died at Three Chimneys Farm two weeks after having a heart attack in his stall.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - $250,000 in prize money, a Rolex watch, and pride aren't the only things at stake during the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event underway at the Kentucky Horse Park this weekend.  Equestrians will also be trying to earn a spot on their country’s Olympic team.