Golden Tempo wins 152nd Kentucky Derby, making history for its trainer
Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
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Cherie DeVaux became the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.
The Kentucky Derby saw a field of 18 horses Saturday in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
The final leg of horse racing's Triple Crown will be a rematch of the top finishers at this year's Kentucky Derby. Five weeks after Sovereignty beat out Journalism and Baeza, all three will compete against five other horses in the Belmont Stakes in New York on Saturday.
Junior Alvarado was back Monday at the restaurant whose name was emblazoned on his uniform. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff has more on how Hildebrandt's made it from sundaes to Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Sovereignty defeated a field of 18 challengers to win the 151st Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs.
The Kentucky Derby started the 2025 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown with a field of 19 horses in the annual Run for the Roses.
It was just the 10th Kentucky Derby decided by a nose, and the first since Grindstone wore the garland of red roses in 1996.
There are now concerns in our own backyard as two race horses died at Belmont Park over the weekend, just after the famed Belmont Stakes. CBS2's Jennifer McLogan reports. Read more here
Arcangelo won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, making Jena Antonucci the first female trainer to win the race in its 155 years.
CBS2 speaks to the winning jockeys of this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes about horse safety.
Churchhill Downs suffered a spate of "highly unusual" and "completely unacceptable" equine deaths in May, prompting the unprecedented suspensions.
A string of horse deaths cast a pall for some Kentucky Derby-goers on a mostly cloudy and warm day.
A total of seven horses have now died at Churchill Downs in recent days.
Two horses died on Saturday, and it was the fifth scratch this week from the $3 million race.
Saffie Joseph Jr. was suspended indefinitely by Churchill Downs Incorporated after two horses under his supervision suddenly died following races in the Kentucky Derby.
Rich Strike came back from behind to pull off a stunning win Saturday at Churchill Downs.
