LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) -In 2023, Churchill Downs made the extraordinary decision to shut down racing after a spike in deadly ...

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A horse co-owned by Toby Keith's Dream Walkin' Farms will race in the 151st Kentucky Derby, fulfilling a longtime dream of the late country legend.

A father investigated a noise coming from his 13-year-old daughter’s room at night and found a 20-year-old man naked in her ...

The half-brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage and 2024 Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch ran second to Journalism in his ...

WAVE News is your home for complete coverage of the 151st Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby on Friday and Saturday.

It has often been said about perennial college basketball powers such as Duke, Kansas, North Carolina and and a few others that those programs don't ...

Polls show the president has lost his sheen. But from “Hog’s Haven” to a hair salon in rural Kentucky, Americans who voted ...

D. Wayne Lukas is horse racing's elder statesman at age 89. His has four Kentucky Derby victories on his very lengthy resume.

Post position matters quite a bit at the Kentucky Derby. Horses in the earlier post positions have traditionally performed ...

Close is now the sixth 2026 prospect from the Commonwealth of Kentucky to commit to UofL. He joins Fort Thomas (Ky.) ...