After becoming the first woman to capture the Kentucky Derby (G1) as a trainer, Cherie DeVaux may be the one who sparks dreams of girls and women thinking about becoming involved in horse racing.

Churchill Downs Inc. officials had predicted that the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) would set records, and business numbers released after Golden Tempo won the Run for the Roses lived up to that billing.

Gary Barber, Cheyenne Stable, and Wachtel Stable’s Rhetorical tallies a front-end score in the Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs under Irad Ortiz Jr., drawing off to win by 3 1/4 lengths.

Japanese shipper T O Elvis outruns his American counterparts in scoring a decisive victory in the Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard May 2.

St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, Steven Duncker, and Vicarage Stable’s Deterministic repeats in the May 2 Fort Marcy Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

In a battle of unbeaten colts making their stakes debuts, Crude Velocity overpowers Englishman to take the $741,330 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) May 2 at Churchill Downs in stakes record time.

Facing a field featuring a solid if not top-level proven slate of contenders, Classic Q ended her streak of futility in graded stakes when she bested Portfolio Duration by a neck to annex the $976,000 Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T).

Japanese shipper T O Elvis outruns his American counterparts in scoring a decisive victory in the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes (G1) on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard May 2.

Stark Contrast skips the Kentucky Derby (G1) and stays on the grass, leading him to a win in the American Turf Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs.

Gary Barber, Cheyenne Stable, and Wachtel Stable’s Rhetorical tallies a front-end score in the $1.5 million Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) May 2 at Churchill Downs under Irad Ortiz Jr., drawing off to win by 3 lengths.