Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, died over the weekend, the gelding’s owners announced on social media. He was 23. Funny Cide, which became a fan favorite when he became the 30th horse to win the first two
The University of Kentucky basketball team didn’t have much difficulty finding practice arrangements while in Canada. The team is in Canada for the 2023 GLOBL JAM showcase tournament as the representative for the United States. Luckily for them, one of their biggest
A Eubank, Kentucky, man who died this month got a rip-roaring, but heartfelt final tribute from his son in an obituary that mentions his beer drinking, love for fried food, women and Mustangs — and that he will only be “moderately missed.”
Fusaichi Pegasus, the winning horse of the 2000 Kentucky Derby, has died due to complications of old age, his owners said Wednesday. The horse was 26. Fusaichi Pegasus was euthanized Tuesday at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, due to the infirmities of
Horse trainer Todd Pletcher has been suspended for 10 days and fined $1,000 stemming from a positive drug test taken on Forte, the morningline favorite of the Kentucky Derby who was scratched with an injury just hours before the race. Forte crossed
Horse racing fans will have a potential Triple Crown-winning horse to root for at the Preakness on May 20. Mage, the winner of the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, will race at the Preakness after a good workout at Churchill Downs.
Forte, the early Kentucky Derby favorite who withdrew just hours before the first leg of the Triple Crown last weekend, tested positive on a drug test in September, according to a report on Tuesday. The controversy surrounding the horse racing world, which
Blended families today come in all shapes and sizes, each with their own challenges and conundrums — but one mom and stepmom near Louisville, Kentucky, faced perhaps a more difficult challenge than most given her family’s series of experiences. Molly Rubesh told
Despite 15-1 odds, Mage surged late in the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby to emerge victorious at Churchill Downs over the weekend. But the highly anticipated event was marred with controversy with the death of seven horses leading up to the
Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby Saturday, increasing this week’s death count at Churchill Downs to seven. The alarming number of horse deaths cast a shadow over the 149th edition of the world’s