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Although all-sources handle for Derby Week rose to a new record of $487 million--an amount increased by $13 million (3%) from the record set in 2025--handle on Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby Day program was $340 million, down $9 million from the 2025 record of $349 million. All-sources wagering on the Derby itself was $225 million, again down $9 million, from the 2025 record of $234 million. Wagering on TwinSpires, the official betting partner of the Kentucky Derby, reached a new record of $129 million for Churchill Downs's Derby week races,...

Gustavo Delgado Jr., son of and assistant to trainer Gustavo Delgado, said GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic) has shown all the right signs following his victory in Saturday's race and will run in the GI Preakness S. May 20 as long as everything continues to go well. The colt is expected to jog around the racetrack Tuesday morning. "He ate up everything, his feed, he's feeling good," Delgado Jr. said. Forte (Violence), the scratched morning-line favorite from the Derby, galloped at Churchill Downs Monday morning in an apparent...