Meet the Contenders: 2025 Iroquois Stakes

Thu Sep 11 2025TwinSpires Staff

Meet the horses running in the 2025 Iroquois S. (G3) at Churchill Downs.
Kentucky Derby Maiden Watch: Boyd impresses in Del Mar debut

Tue Sep 09 2025J. Keeler Johnson

After a busy summer of racing, the Del Mar meet wrapped up on Sunday. Among the most notable winners on closing day was a talented two-year-old named Boyd.
Kentucky Derby Maiden Watch: Check out Kristofferson, Talkin

Wed Sep 03 2025J. Keeler Johnson

Kentucky Derby Maiden Watch scours racing results from coast to coast to bring you 2026 Kentucky Derby contenders before they reach the spotlight.
Triple Crown profile: Secretariat

Mon Aug 25 2025Ashley Anderson

Learn about the legendary racing career of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat.
The Heart that Wears the Crown: Secretariat

Fri Aug 22 2025Jennifer Kelly

Fifty years and 31 lengths ago, Secretariat sailed into the history books as the ninth horse to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, our American Triple Crown.
Tall Tales of the Track: Bug Boys Get It Done for Father & Son

Tue Aug 19 2025Jennifer Kelly

Ira Hanford and Bill Boland share a unique connection: not only were these two riders ‘bug boys’ when they won the Kentucky Derby, but their mounts were sire and son, making these winners singular in the annals of the history of the Run for the Roses.
Five unbreakable Kentucky Derby records

Thu Jul 31 2025Josh Powell

We examine five unbeatable Kentucky Derby records as the world gears up for "the most exciting two minutes in sports."
Tall Tales of the Track: Unexpected Glory

Fri Jul 18 2025Jennifer Kelly

Needing a big win to get him back on track, Sande sought a mount for the 1925 Kentucky Derby, but came up empty until he found that Gifford Cochran's Flying Ebony needed a rider. What happened next etched Flying Ebony’s name in the Run for the Roses’ record books.
Racing Roundtable: Farewell to D. Wayne Lukas and recapping Stephen Foster Day

Tue Jul 01 2025TwinSpires Staff

This week, the Racing Roundtable is more a debate than a forum as James Scully and Vance Hanson alone hash out the events and major races of the past weekend.
D. Wayne Lukas: One horse that could have been his best

Mon Jun 30 2025Vance Hanson

D. Wayne Lukas consistently reached new levels, sometimes many times over, but a few of us will always remember Grand Canyon as the player who might have defined the coach's entire career.
Before the Winner’s Circle and Hall of Fame, D. Wayne Lukas Was a Boy with a Horse

Mon Jun 30 2025Jennifer Kelly

Over the course of his long Hall of Fame career, Lukas built a reputation as one of the sport’s greatest trainers, with nearly 5,000 wins and a long list of champions, but how did this small-town boy become the Coach? The answer lies in Lukas’s earliest years as a boy, with an innate sense of how to get the best of an athlete, human or equine.
Five underappreciated champions trained by D. Wayne Lukas

Mon Jun 30 2025Kellie Reilly

As serious health issues have forced Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas into retirement at the age of 89, thoughts turn reflective about the inevitable passing of time in our own lives.
Photo Essay: D. Wayne Lukas as coach, horseman, and hall of fame legend

Sun Jun 29 2025Adam Spradling

Scroll through photos spanning many moments across D. Wayne Lukas' historic career as a coach, horseman, and Hall of Fame legend.