Kentucky

Since sports wagering was made legal in the Commonwealth in September 2023 and through October of this year, $2.9 billion worth of bets have been placed in Kentucky.

For the second time this autumn, the Kentucky stewards have sanctioned jockey Luan Machado for failing to compete to the wire.

Dale Romans is a Kentucky native who took out his trainer's license in 1986. He has earned 14 trainer titles at Churchill Downs and was honored with an Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer for 2012.

Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes

Godolphin homebred Snappy Dresser, a Kentucky-bred son of Union Rags, enters the Cattleya off an impressive Oct. 20 debut in which he overwhelmed 15 other juveniles to win a 1,400-meter (about seven-furlong) maiden race by 11 lengths.

Two days after Switzerland won the Coolmore Stud Stakes (G1) at Flemington, Arrowfield Stud's Jon Freyer will be back where it all began at the Kentucky breeding stock sales to try to replicate the magical breeding.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan resumed breezing Oct. 26, recording a three-furlong workout in :36 1/5 at Keeneland as he prepares to return to racing.

Big Brown is the fifth Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to be retired to Old Friends. Old Friends will be hosting Big Brown's Barn Bash Oct. 18. There will be a lot of fun activities and a chance to meet…

The first two winners on the "European/Middle East Road to the Kentucky Derby," Wimbledon Hawkeye and Hotazhell, look a lot more like candidates for the Epsom Derby than the Run for the Roses.