The Churchill Downs Road to the Kentucky Derby series ups the ante this weekend, as the Risen Star Stakes is the first leg of the series awarding 50 points to the winner.

As the top prep races approach for the Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs, we take a look at 20 of the top horses on the trail.

The world’s richest thoroughbred race—the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1)—is Feb. 22. Kentucky Derby alumni Sierra Leone, White ...

Jockey Martin Garcia is congratulated by trainer Bob Baffert, right, after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile race on day one ...

10 (UPI) --The ranks of Kentucky Derby contenders continued to swell with ... terms before John Hancock found just a little extra to win by 1/2 length. Previously undefeated Remsen Stakes winner ...

"From breaking barriers as the first female jockey to ride in the Preakness to becoming a respected figure in horse racing, ...

Mystik Dan, the 150th winner of the Kentucky ... the jockeys on Sierra Leone and Forever Young, the horses that finished second and third in the race. Famous Louisvillian and Gonzo Journalist Hunter S ...

No. 14 Kentucky got a needed win. Kentucky needed Lamont Butler on the court at point guard, and it got that. That was the halftime scene with Kentucky ruling South Carolina by 14 points Saturday ...

Butler brought Perfect Bull from off the pace to win the Derby in 1:42 4/5 for owner Red Dog Stables. “This horse got better when we stretched him out (in distance),” Rhone, Butler’s father ...

But first, she stopped at a Mt. Sterling Shell station to buy a $20 Kentucky Jackpot ticket. She scratched the ticket off in her car, and it revealed a "Win" symbol. That indicated she had won $ ...

Sterling Shell first. She purchased a $20 Kentucky Jackpot ticket and went back to her car, where she scratched the ticket revealing a "Win" symbol. The symbol indicated she had automatically won ...

It's been nearly a month since Kentucky has won consecutive games, and the No. 15 Wildcats' next chance to do so will come Tuesday night when they host No. 5 Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference ...