Mandarin Hero is one of 20 horses expected to enter the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Kentucky Derby are earned by gaining points through a series of prep races that began ...

A year ago, a late scratch opened the door for Rich Strike to run in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. It turned into a fortuitous set of circumstances as the Keen Ice colt turned his 80-1 ...

Woodbine-based champion jockey Kazushi Kimura will ride Mandarin Hero in the May 6 149th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. A native of Hokkaido, Japan, Kimura will be making his ...

ARCADIA, Calif. -- There was chaos on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday, with bumping down the stretch and close finishes from coast-to-coast on the last weekend of major prep races before the Triple ...

Friday afternoon was business as usual for Kazushi Kimura. Saturday will be anything but. Woodbine’s leading jockey the past two years, Kimura is scheduled to ride Mandarin Hero in the Kentucky Derby ...

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