Live updates, results, odds, race start times and weather updates for the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
It’s called the “Greatest Two-Minutes in Sports.” The journey to get to the Kentucky Derby started four years ago when breeders and owners hope to put together the perfect combination of sire and mare. A horse later emerges that everyone hopes will take them to the first Saturday in May. This is the culmination of that quest, a spectacle held before more than 150,000 people at Churchill Downs. Trainer Bob Baffert, who has three horses in the race, calls this one of the tightest Derbies in a long time. Things got even more interesting when the favorite, Omaha Beach, had to scratch because of a minor medical condition. Now, it’s on to the Run For the Roses.
We’ll be here to help you navigate the day with capsules of all the horses, the latest odds, start times and weather conditions. Come back all day and be surprised by what you find.
Serengeti Empress went right to the lead Friday and was never headed in winning the Grade 1, $1.25-million Kentucky Oaks.
After finishing seventh in the Fair Grounds Oaks, Serengeti Empress was sent off at 13-1 but dazzled the crowd of 105,719 to win by 1¾ lengths in the 1 1/8-mile race that is the filly version of the Kentucky Derby for 3-year-olds.
“She’s such a fast filly,” jockey Jose Ortiz said. “She took me to the front and she fought the entire way around there.”
It was the most significant win in trainer Tom Amoss’ career of almost three decades.
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This year’s Kentucky Derby, at least on paper, is one of the most competitive in many years.
