Japan and Europe-Middle East have their own "Road to the Kentucky Derby," which allows one horse from each region to secure a spot in the Run for the Roses. Last May, NBC Sports announced a ...

The "Run for the Roses" is on the horizon. The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in the horse racing Triple Crown, is held the first week of May. Here's what you need to know about the event.

Post time for the Kentucky Derby (6:57 p.m. ET) is quickly approaching, and the odds for the Run for the Roses show a bit of a shift toward Arkansas Derby winner Sandman. While Journalism is still ...

The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby will take place in a matter of hours with the top three-year-old colts embarking on The Run for the Roses on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs in ...

One horse will stop and smell the roses in the Kentucky Derby's Winner's Circle. Who will it be? The 151st edition of the “Run for the Roses" is set to kick off next week and a new champion will ...

No. 8 Journalism (3-1) is the betting favorite to win the 151st edition of the Run for the Roses, with No. 18 Sandman (5-1) and No. 17 Sovereignty (6-1) right behind him. The Kentucky Derby is one ...

Closer should get the early pace he needs. Why he can’t win: Of the last 71 geldings to run in the Derby, only two have won — Funny Cide (2003) and Mine That Bird (2009). The “unkindest cut ...

When Jordan decides it is time, and only when Jordan decides, he presses the button to drop the gates and start the Kentucky Derby ... any race the horses have run in, or will run in again.

Sovereignty posted a career-best 104 Beyer Speed Figure in that Derby triumph, which delivered Godolphin its first victory in the Run for the Roses. Godolphin, a global racing outfit, has tasted ...

Journalism — the Kentucky Derby post-time favorite who finished second in that race, before then winning the Preakness Stakes — is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s 157th running of the ...