Ground News

All Perspectives, One Place.

Kentucky Derby image

News about Kentucky Derby

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Kentucky Derby, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 461stories have been published about Kentucky Derby which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

Covered Most By

americasbestracing.net

Suggest a source

Local News Publishers

Suggest a source

Looking for a source we don't already have? Suggest one here.

Top Kentucky Derby News

Sovereignty wins the 2025 Belmont Stakes

Horse Racing · Saratoga Springs

Sovereignty wins the 2025 Belmont Stakes

63% Center coverage: 68 sources

Sovereignty, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner, won the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday.See the Story

Sovereignty tops Journalism to win Belmont

Sovereignty tops Journalism to win Belmont

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

HORSE RACING See the Story

Secretariat and the Wiregrass

Kentucky Derby · Montgomery

Secretariat and the Wiregrass

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Like many of you, I have lived in Alabama all of my life. Therefore, I am an avid college football fan. As a boy, I followed Major League Baseball, but as an adult, I barely watch or pay attention to professional sports. However, I feel compelled for some reason, I guess as an American Patriotic duty, to watch three sporting events: The World Series, the Super Bowl, and the Kentucky Derby – and I will choose a team or horse to pull for in each. …Read Article

Super Screener: Buckeye-Bred Can Steal Ohio Derby Day Show

While the $500,000 Ohio Derby is the understandable showpiece of the Saturday program at Thistledown, an Ohio-bred mare racing on the undercard could steal the show if she outruns her 12-1 morning line odds.Candlelight Hours is one of only six Ohio-bred females to win more than $600,000 in her career, and she could become just the fifth member of the $700,000 club with a win in the Lady Jacqueline Stakes on the Ohio Derby undercard.The Lady Jacq…Kentucky Derby · Ohio See the Story

From runway to rescue: Donated Kentucky Derby hats help fund child abuse prevention

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Kosair for Kids kicked off its fourth annual "Hats On for Healing" campaign Monday, transforming donated Derby hats into funding for the nonprofit’s Child Abuse Prevention Fund.Kentucky Derby · Kentucky Read Article

Turf Paradise Reports Historically Low Fatality Rate

The 2024-2025 race meeting at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Arizona, concluded on Kentucky Derby day May 3 with the lowest equine fatality rate among all racetracks in the country and the lowest-ever in the 69-year history of the track, according to a release. For the entire meet, the track recorded a fatality rate of 0.73 per 1,000 starts and from the beginning of 2025 through the end of the meet, post a rate of just 0.24. The 2024 Jockey Club nati…Kentucky Derby · Phoenix Read Article

Mystik Dan Works for Stephen Foster

GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents) returned to the Churchill Downs work tab Sunday with a five-furlong breeze in 1:00 under jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., preparing for a likely start in the $1-million GI Stephen Foster Stakes June 28. Mystik Dan, who won the GII Blame Stakes on May 31, breezed at 7:15 a.m. EST. He began his move with a three-furlong split of :36.80 before galloping out six furlongs in 1:12, according to Churchill Do…Kentucky Derby · Louisville Read Article

Sovereignty Enters Top Five in Longines World’s Best Racehorse

The fourth edition of the 2025 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings reflects the recent conclusion of the Triple Crown series in North America, and as a result, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets winner Sovereignty has moved into a t Read More...Kentucky Derby · Louisville Read Article

From secretariat to the sidelines - South Alabamian

I feel compelled for some reason, perhaps as a patriotic duty, to watch three sporting events: The World Series, the Super Bowl and the Kentucky Derby — and I will choose a team or horse to pull for in each. On the Saturday of the Kentucky Derby this year, I got a text from an old friend and fraternity brother, Rev. […] The post From secretariat to the sidelines first appeared on South Alabamian.Kentucky Derby · Jackson Read Article

8th Annual Hats, Hearts & Horses Gala Raises nearly $170,000 for WV & OH Organizations

BRIDGEPORT, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Antero Foundation hosted its 8th annual Hats, Hearts, and Horses Gala, a Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser to support community focused organizations across West Virginia and southeastern Ohio. Hosted at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, the event raised $169,000. To date, the benefit has raised over $800,000. “The annual benefit has truly become a cherished tradition – one that brings people together in a shared …Kentucky Derby · Bridgeport Read Article

Improving Tour Player has connections in his favor

Tour Player has the force of 10 Kentucky Derby wins behind him when he starts in the seventh race on Thursday night at Churchill Downs. Bob Baffert, who has trained six Derby winners, bred Tour Player, who campaigns for Natalie Baffert. And Tour Player makes his first start for the barn of D. Wayne Lukas, trainer of four Derby winners.Kentucky Derby · Louisville Read Article

Breaking News Topics Related to Kentucky Derby