Author: Jason Frakes, Louisville Courier Journal

Undefeated Essential Quality, trained by Louisville’s Brad Cox, is the morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

King Fury, a $950,000 purchase who won the Grade 3 Lexington on April 10 at Keeneland, will be added to the Kentucky Derby field.

It’s been 25 years since a horse won the Kentucky Derby without using Lasix. The ban on the anti-bleeding medication has some trainers, owners upset.

Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools postponed high school football games scheduled for Thursday and Friday to Saturday and Sunday.

Tom VanMeter, owner of Stockplace Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, says “what I wrote was unjustifiable” after racist comments on Facebook.

Charlatan and Nadal, both trained by Bob Baffert, won their respective divisions in the $500,000 Grad 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.

A virtual Kentucky Derby race that aired in the Derby’s normal TV slot featured all 13 Triple Crown winners.

Improbable drew the No. 4post and was made the 5-2morning-line favorite during Wednesday’s draw for Saturday’s Preakness at Pimlico Race Course.

A handful from the 2019 Kentucky Derby and several new shooters are expected for the 2019 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.