The "Run for the Roses" is on the horizon. The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in the horse racing Triple Crown, is held the first week of May. Here's what you need to know about the event.

One horse will stop and smell the roses in the Kentucky Derby's Winner's Circle. Who will it be? The 151st edition of the “Run for the Roses" is set to kick off next week and a new champion will ...

No. 8 Journalism (3-1) is the betting favorite to win the 151st edition of the Run for the Roses, with No. 18 Sandman (5-1) and No. 17 Sovereignty (6-1) right behind him. The Kentucky Derby is one ...

Closer should get the early pace he needs. Why he can’t win: Of the last 71 geldings to run in the Derby, only two have won — Funny Cide (2003) and Mine That Bird (2009). The “unkindest cut ...

But, at least temporarily, all that chatter can die down.

Journalism — the Kentucky Derby post-time favorite who finished second in that race, before then winning the Preakness Stakes ...

The Belmont Stakes is set to host a rematch in New York on Saturday of the top three finishing horses from the Kentucky Derby ...

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will stage a rematch on Saturday when the starting gate opens for the ...

Kentucky Derby (G1) star Sovereignty will renew rivalry with runner-up Journalism and third-placer Baeza in Saturday’s $2 million Belmont (G1).