Kentucky

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press HALETHORPE, Md. — Kentucky Derby winner Mage was installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite for the Preakness at the post…

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey and his wife, Alison, have been fielding messages from friends outside horse racing…

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press Kentucky Derby winner Mage remains on track to run in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore next week to continue a pursuit…

BETH HARRIS Associated Press The deaths of seven horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby has intensified the debate over the safety of horse…

GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A raging thunderstorm that washed out activities Sunday morning at Churchill Downs symbolized the dark…

BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, capping a…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —  A week that horse racing would like to forget ended Saturday when Mage won the Kentucky Derby on a day in which two horses died and the favorite was scratched out of the…

Amid a chaotic and distressing week at Churchill Downs, one Kentucky Derby tradition continued to flourish.Seven horses have died after training or racing at the track during the past two…

The death count at Churchill Downs grew to six in a week and a half when Chloe’s Dream, a 3-year-old gelding, was injured in a maiden race, vanned off the track and then euthanized.There…

LEXINGTON, Ky. —  Just when you thought this Kentucky Derby couldn’t get any crazier, morning line favorite Forte was scratched out of the Kentucky Derby after a state veterinary…