Kentucky Derby
American stakes race for Thoroughbreds
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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Belmont Stakes to be run at Saratoga Race Course as the final leg of the Triple Crown.
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| 2025 |
Triple Crown Productions
Sovereignty wins the Triple Crown Productions competition with 20 points, followed by Journalism in second place with 15 points and Baeza in third place with 6 points.
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| June 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
# Sovereignty returns for the Belmont Stakes, attempting to complete the Triple Crown
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| May 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Potential Triple Crown race performances for 2025, with horses Sovereignty (Kentucky Derby), Journalism (Preakness Stakes), and an unspecified horse for the Belmont Stakes.
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| May 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
# Sovereignty wins the Kentucky Derby, setting the stage for a potential Triple Crown attempt
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| May 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
# Sovereignty competes in the Preakness Stakes, with Journalism winning the race
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| 2025 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Sovereignty is the Kentucky Derby winner, but results for Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes are not yet determined.
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| 2024 | National Treasure wins the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Citizen Bull wins the Breeders Cup Juvenile. Spirit of St Louis wins the Pegasus World Cup Turf. |
| 2024 |
Triple Crown Productions
Mystik Dan wins the Triple Crown with 13 points, followed by Seize the Grey and Dornoch with 10 points each, and Sierra Leone with 8 points.
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| 2024 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby, Seize the Grey won the Preakness Stakes, and Dornoch won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2024 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Belmont Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course at a shorter distance due to construction at Belmont Park.
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| 2024 | Gave an interview to Maxim magazine discussing his father's involvement in horse racing, noting it has given his 82-year-old father 'a new lease on life'. |
| 2024 | Mystik Dan won the Kentucky Derby, continuing the Northern Dancer branch through Storm Bird. |
| 2024 | Martha Stewart served as the Kentucky Derby grand marshal. |
| 2024 | The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby was held, marking a significant milestone in the race's history. |
| January 2024 | Kentucky Derby purse increased to $5 million. |
| 2023 | Ruffian's remains were relocated from Belmont Park to Claiborne Farm's Marchmont Farm division for burial. |
| 2023 |
Triple Crown Productions
Mage wins the Triple Crown with 13 points, with National Treasure and Arcangelo earning 10 points each, and Two Phils earning 5 points.
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| 2023 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mage won the Kentucky Derby, National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes, and Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2023 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Jena Antonucci becomes the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race when Arcangelo wins the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2023 | Two Phil's, owned by Sol Kumin, finished second in the Kentucky Derby. National Treasure, also owned by Kumin, won the Preakness Stakes. |
| 2023 | Mage became the third horse to win the Kentucky Derby without competing as a two-year-old. |
| 2023 | Mage won the Kentucky Derby, representing a winner from the Mr. Prospector sire line. |
| 2023 | Patrick Mahomes served as the Kentucky Derby grand marshal. |
| 2022 | Rich Strike wins the Kentucky Derby for Calumet Farm. |
| 2022 |
Triple Crown Productions
Rich Strike wins the Triple Crown, with Early Voting, Mo Donegal, and Epicenter all earning 10 points.
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| 2022 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby, Early Voting won the Preakness Stakes, and Mo Donegal won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2022 |
King Ranch
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone published the historical western novel 'Forever Texas', which is based on the true story of the founding of King Ranch.
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| 2022 | Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby with the second-highest recorded odds of 80 to 1. |
| 2022 | Jack Harlow served as the Kentucky Derby grand marshal. |
| January 2022 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Fox Sports acquired the broadcast rights to the Belmont Stakes for an eight-year period, beginning in 2023 and signaling a major shift in the race's broadcasting landscape.
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| 2021 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Mandaloun won the Kentucky Derby, Rombauer won the Preakness Stakes, and Essential Quality won the Belmont Stakes.
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| 2021 | At the 2020 Eclipse Awards, three of Kumin's horses are successful: Whitmore (Male Sprinter), Authentic (Horse of the Year / 3 Year Old Male), and Monomoy Girl (Older Dirt Female). |
| 2021 | D. Wayne Lukas served as the Kentucky Derby grand marshal. |
| February 2021 | Purchased the New England Black Wolves lacrosse team as part of an ownership group, with plans to relocate the team to Albany, New York. |
| 2020 |
Triple Crown Productions
Authentic wins the Triple Crown with 15 points, tied with Tiz the Law, while Swiss Skydiver earns 10 points and Tacitus earns 6 points.
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| 2020 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
A filly won the Preakness Stakes.
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| 2020 | Authentic wins the Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup. Madaket Stables finishes the year as leading owners in North American earnings. |
| 2020 | Three of Kumin's horses win Eclipse Awards: Uni (Female Turf Horse of the Year), British Idiom (Two-Year-Old Filly), and Midnight Bisou (Older Dirt Female). |
| 2020 | Bob Baffert wins another Kentucky Derby. |
| 2020 | Starlight Racing wins its second Kentucky Derby. |
| 2020 | No grand marshal due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| September 5 2020 | Kentucky Derby postponed to September 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the second time in history the race was postponed. |
| June 2020 | She's a Julie wins the G1 Ogden Phipps Stakes and Monomoy Girl wins the G2 Ruffian Stakes. |
| June 20 2020 |
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belmont Stakes was run first, marking the first time it was the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
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| April 2020 | Whitmore wins the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap and Charlatan wins the Arkansas Derby. |
| March 2020 | Whitmore wins the $147,000 Hot Springs Stakes for the fourth consecutive year. Wells Bayou wins the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course. |
| February 2020 | Mr Monomoy wins the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course. |
| 2019 | War Of Will won The Preakness Stakes, securing a Gr.I victory for Claiborne Farm's stallion lineup. |
| 2019 |
Christopher Chenery
Posthumously inducted as one of the Pillars of the Turf by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, receiving the highest honor in the American horse racing industry.
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