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Mage (8), with Javier Castellano aboard, across the finish line to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Mage crosses finish 1st in Kentucky Derby amid 7th death

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Two more horses died in the hours before Mage crossed the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making it seven in all and casting a shadow over the 149th edition of the world's most famous race.

A horse gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 5, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

19 horses to tangle in wide-open 149th Kentucky Derby

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

The cast of characters for the 149th Kentucky Derby was rewritten in the days before the race. What didn't change: Forte is the early 3-1 favorite on Saturday in a seemingly wide-open field of 19 horses.

Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon aboard, crosses the finish line to win the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. Rich Strike's stunning upset victory in last year's Kentucky Derby as a nearly 81-1 long shot provided the race's second biggest odds winner in four years. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

After Rich Strike, Derby long shots could get 2nd look

By Gary B. Graves - Associated Press

Two long shots winning the Kentucky Derby over the past four years might be coincidental, but they also are a reminder not to dismiss any of the 19 horses running Saturday at Churchill Downs.

Race fans take photos in front of a statue of Barbaro at Churchill Downs, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Barbaro won the 2006 Kentucky Derby but shattered its leg two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes which led to it being euthanized. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Churchill Downs suspends trainer Joseph after two horse deaths

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Churchill Downs suspended trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. indefinitely and Lord Miles, who is trained by Joseph, was scratched from the Kentucky Derby on Thursday, days after the sudden death of two of his horses at the track.

Kentucky Derby entrant Tapit Trice works out at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Horse racing poised for new antidoping, medication rules

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Horse racing's new antidoping and medication control program has stumbled out of the starting gate, delayed multiple times for nearly a year amid lawsuits by those opposing the new rules and frustration from those eager for national uniform standards in the sport.

Jockey Ron Turcotte rides Secretariat during the 99th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. on May 5, 1973.Secretariat won the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in record times that still stand. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

Triple Crown winner Secretariat still dominant 50 years later

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Secretariat had an unusually large heart, an engine that propelled him to a Triple Crown sweep 50 years ago. The colt nicknamed Big Red remains the heartbeat of an industry that has yet to see such dominance on and off the track replicated.