Kentucky Derby

My Days at the Races: The Derby Diet

Bethenny Frankel | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment


Bethenny Frankel

I enjoyed one mint julep per day at the track and loved it. Nothing is forbidden, but the old me would have had three.

News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 06.05.2009 | Comedy


Richard Valeriani

President Barack Obama completes 100 days in office. Never have so many pundidiots talked so much for so little a stretch of time. If all the 100-da...

Kentucky Derby Ratings Highest Since 1992

New York Post | Posted 06.05.2009 | Media


HELPED by a rainy Saturday afternoon that kept a lot of people indoors, Mine That Bird's storybook Kentucky Derby victory turned out to be the most-wa...

MINE THAT BIRD: Derby Winner On To Preakness

AP | JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green


Mine That Bird was proclaimed ready for the Preakness on Monday after a spirited early morning jog, while his trainer remained groggy from two nights ...

Mark Allen, Kentucky Derby Winner, Has Ties To Alaska Bribery Scandal

McClatchy | Richard Mauer | | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics


If it weren't for the plea deal that his dad, former Veco chief executive Bill Allen, made with federal prosecutors, Mark Allen might not have been in...

Mine That Bird Wins Kentucky Derby 2009

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 06.02.2009 | Home


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The cowboy and his horse beat them all. Four Hall of Fame trainers. The ruler of Dubai. Two very sentimental favorites. Traine...

The Kentucky Derby: The Most Surreal and Seedy Spectacle in All of Sports

Matthew DeBord | Posted 06.02.2009 | Entertainment


Matthew DeBord

For more than a century, Americans have been annually treated to one of the most bizarre and deranged sporting events ever devised. The Derby is a full-on freak show, encased in a bubble of ersatz southern elegance.

I Want Revenge Scratched From Kentucky Derby 2009

AP | JEFFREY McMURRAY | Posted 06.02.2009 | Home


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jeff Mullins rarely spoke publicly this week about I Want Revenge, the horse he was training for the Kentucky Derby. When he d...

Horsing Around: 10 Ways To Dress For The Kentucky Derby (SLIDESHOW)

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 06.01.2009 | Style


Lindsay Mannering

Freshly cut grass, horse manure, hats, and greenbacks make me think of two things: the time I went riding in a pasture full of money with Minnie Pearl...

Kentucky Derby 2009: Field, Race Time, Other Info

Huffington Post | Posted 06.01.2009 | Home


Time to break out the mint juleps, for its Derby time this Saturday. And so here is some useful information below about the 135th running of the Kentu...

How to Pick and Bet on a Kentucky Derby Winner

Don McNay | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business


Don McNay

When I go to the track, I don't look at the racing form, jockeys, past history or pick horses with funny names. I usually win enough money to pay for lunch.

KENTUCKY DERBY POSITIONS : "I Want Revenge" Made Early Favorite

AP | BETH HARRIS | Posted 05.30.2009 | Home


LOUISVILLE, Ky. — I Want Revenge was made the early 3-1 favorite for the Kentucky Derby, with Pioneerof the Nile and Dunkirk sharing second-favo...

Your Body Remembers

Bethenny Frankel | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living


Bethenny Frankel

I'm thin and marketing health and wellness and I feel a bit out of shape. So what do I do? What I do is know that this will pass, and when I have a minute, I run and squeeze in a yoga class.

BELMONT STAKES ENTRIES: Big Brown's Chance At Triple Crown Title

Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home


The Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown is this weekend, and Big Brown is primed to win the coveted Triple Crown title. Big Brown is a ...

UPS's Winning Bet On Big Brown

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 05.24.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — A horse by any other name simply wouldn't have worked for UPS. Capitalizing on the buzz around thoroughbred racing's biggest event, ...

The Risk Of Branding In The Derby Winner's Circle

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 05.15.2008 | Business


MINUTES before he was to appear live on NBC on Saturday as the presenting sponsor of the Kentucky Derby, David C. Novak, the chief executive of Yum Br...

Eight Belles, Kentucky Derby Horse, Dies On Track

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics


***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO OF THE NBC COVERAGE FROM THE MINUTES OF THE CONFUSION AND THEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT*** AP reports: Big Brown backed up his trai...

Kentucky Derby: Cocktail Recipes, Celebrity Betters, And, Of Course, Really Bad Hats (PICTURES)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2008 | Living


**UPDATE**: Big Brown was Saturday's big winner, but things did not end so well for second placer Eight Belles, who had to be put down after breaking ...

Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro Euthanized

AP | DAN GELSTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his breakdown at the Preakness last May. "We just reached a point where ...