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The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby set new records. WUKY’s Karyn Czar reports.
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The second jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown could be absent of 150th Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and other contenders who contributedto the thrilling three-wide photo finish.
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Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a dramatic three-horse photo finish, edging out Sierra Leone and Forever Young for the upset victory. It was the 10th Derby to be decided by a nose, the closest margin in horse racing.
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Today, Churchill Downs is a sea of pink for the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks. Tomorrow, it's the Kentucky Derby. And Kentucky's first dog is in on the action. WUKY's Karyn Czar reports.
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If you haven’t yet made your Derby Day plans, Keeneland is again throwing a big all day party. WUKY’s Samantha Lederman was at the track earlier today and got all the details from Keeneland spokesperson Lauren Sparrow.
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Over our 15-year collaboration with the UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, WUKY’s Saving Stories has brought you numerous Kentucky Derby themed segments featuring the likes of Eddie Arcaro, Penny Chenery, W.T. Young and Arthur B. Hancock III. This week to celebrate Derby 150, Center Director Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle continue that tradition by returning to a 2019 interview with another story by Hancock. In this part of the conversation the Stone Farm horse breeder and owner talks about how he used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride for eventual winner Gato Del Sol in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. Until that day no horse from the far outside had ever won the signature race. It's a similar scenario 5-2 morning line favorite Fierceness is facing this Saturday.
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With just days remaining until the 150th Run For The Roses WUKY Samantha Lederman paid a visit to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles. It's the current home of Kentucky Derby winners American Pharaoh and Justify, and their connections will be represented by Sierra Leone. In Saturday's race.
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Over our 15-year collaboration with the UK Libraries’ Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, WUKY’s Saving Stories has brought you numerous Kentucky Derby themed segments featuring the likes of Eddie Arcaro, Penny Chenery, W.T. Young and Arthur B. Hancock III. This week to celebrate Derby 150, Center Director Doug Boyd and Alan Lytle continue that tradition by returning to a 2019 interview with another story by Hancock. In this part of the conversation the Stone Farm horse breeder and owner talks about how he used the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the perfect ride for eventual winner Gato Del Sol in the 1982 Kentucky Derby. Until that day no horse from the far outside had ever won the signature race. It's a similar scenario 5-2 morning line favorite Fierceness is facing this Saturday.
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Post positions have been drawn for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. Fierceness has been named the 5-2 morning line favorite and up to 19 other hopefuls will try to spoil the party. Three in particular, have intriguing and unlikely back-stories. Chelsea Hackbarth is a turf reporter for the Paulick Report who has written an article titled Who I'm Rooting For: Top Feel-Good Stories Of Kentucky Derby 150. She talks about it with WUKY’s Alan Lytle.
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With Derby Fever in full swing here in Kentucky, WUKY's Samantha Lederman has details on a special event at Keeneland that could make the 150th Run for the Roses more exciting and perhaps profitable for you.