For the amateur Kentucky Derby bettor, horse color might be more important than pedigree, past performances or track conditions. It’s that group the adage “always bet the gray” appeals to. For the ...

Walk near the betting windows or along the paddock on a day of live Thoroughbred racing, and you’re bound to hear it if a horse of a certain color is preparing for a trip to the starting gate. “I ...

Chris Goodlett has walked around Churchill Downs many times since joining the Kentucky Derby Museum and heard admiring fans say to each other, “Oh, look at that beautiful gray horse.” Not many of ...

Every year the Kentucky Derby is filled with rags-to-riches stories of success, first-time participants, longtime Derby regulars and everything in between. The 2022 Kentucky Derby field is no ...

The Kentucky Derby is one of horse racing’s elite events. Every year the Run for the Roses is filled with rags-to-riches stories of success, whether that’s the horses themselves or the connections who ...

Click below to view more coverage from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the 151st Kentucky Derby to be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. This is not the story ...

In the end, the story of the 40th Breeders' Cup came down to a pair of gray horses, one of them bathed in California sunshine at the end of his finest hour, the other tucked away in the corner of a ...

Chris Goodlett has walked around Churchill Downs many times since joining the Kentucky Derby Museum and heard admiring fans say to each other, "Oh, look at that beautiful gray horse." Not many of ...

Of the 118 gray or roan horses to enter the Derby since 1930, only eight have won the race. Three gray horses won the Derby between 1997 and 2005 but only one has finished better than third in the ...