Rick Bozich

They don’t write songs about what unfolds on the third Saturday of April at Churchill Downs.

Hepburn, Edwards, Carr and Ballo were solid performers in the eight-team, 64-player invitational only event.

I hate the transfer portal. I love the transfer portal. I hate the transfer portal. I love the transfer portal.

Like any serious horseplayer, Casey Klein returns to Derby 151 determined to win big.

On Wednesday morning at Barn 36, I met the next generation of Derby media superstars.

On Sunday, trainer Bill Mott talked like a man who was not determined to run Sovereignty, the Kentucky Derby winner, in the Preakness Stakes.

Michael Strahan, Danny Hurley, Hannah Storm, Nancy Lieberman and Todd Golden were the headliners Friday in Sarasota, Florida, at the 20th annual Dick Vitale Gala fundraiser to battle pediatric cancer.

Not every trainer is convinced bypassing the Preakness is the prudent path to follow with a top 3-year-old colt.

Now, they should meet again June 7 at the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

It's less than 19 weeks until the start of the next college basketball season, but I don't see any joy or benefit in waiting.