Kentucky Derby 2026

When American Pharoah crossed the finish line in the 2015 Kentucky Derby, I immediately turned to my husband and said, "Let's go to the Belmont." In my mind, the best horse so rarely gets the good trip in the Derby, I had a hunch he might end the Triple Crown drought. That evening, I purchased four general admission tickets to the Belmont. Five weeks later, our kids (aged 12 and 10 at the time) stood on our soccer chairs inside the grandstand at Belmont Park and saw history with their...

The undefeated Paladin (Gun Runner) has suffered a non-displaced condylar fracture of his right front ankle and is off the Derby trail, according to a story by David Grening on DRF.com. Grening wrote that Paladin suffered the injury during a workout at Payson Park Saturday morning. Paladin has won all four of his starts, including the Grade II Remsen Stakes at two and the Grade II Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes at three. Brown told Grening that the injury was detected after the colt was back at the barn, and that...