Churchill Downs media notes on the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1).

Patrick Husbands won a record eight Sovereign Awards as outstanding jockey. He won the Canadian Triple Crown in 2003 with Wando and has ridden the winners of 3,714 races since 1994.

Emerging Market, So Happy, and Wonder Dean breeze at Churchill Downs in preparation for the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1).

Starship Beauty, by Hard Spun, is a half sister to Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifier Fulleffort and grade 1 stakes winner Power Squeeze.

Hans and Ana Maron of Saints or Sinners Racing discuss Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner So Happy running in the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1), held at Churchill Downs May 2.

Takuya Nakano, who rides UAE Derby (G2) winner Wonder Dean every morning for Daisuke Takayanagi, discusses the colt following an April 24 breeze he completed in 1:17 4/5 for 6 furlongs, coming home the final quarter-mile in :23 2/5.

Hustling to make a morning airline flight from Kentucky back to his Southern California base, jockey Mike Smith moved with purpose around Churchill Downs April 24. His mount for the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1), So Happy, lacked the same urgency.

Champions Day in Hong Kong brings together three group 1 fields with unusually strong challengers for the always-tough local runners.

Patrick Husbands won a record eight Sovereign Awards as Outstanding Jockey. He won the Canadian Triple Crown in 2003 with Wando and ridden the winners of 3,714 races since 1988.

Recent analysis of the recurring impact of :12 furlongs on the Kentucky Derby (G1) named five horses that made the cut this year. Now, we zero in on some prominent contenders that didn’t.