7:53 PM ET Tyson Fury, the heavyweight champion of the world, is looking to add another honor on Saturday. It’s one he has no control over and something he didn’t even know about until this week. Depending on what happens in Louisville, Fury might be the namesake of a Kentucky Derby champion. The horse, King

11:07 AM ET ESPN.com staff The 147th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Back in its usual May spot, the Derby will kick off the Triple Crown. Essential Quality drew the 14 post and opened as the morning-line favorite at 2-1, ahead of Rock Your World,

6:14 AM ET Associated Press Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport. Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche

1:22 PM ET ESPN News Services LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning-line favorite and will start from the No. 14 post for Saturday’s 147th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The $3 million, 1 1/4-mile marquee race for 3-year-olds is back on the first Saturday of May after being delayed to Labor Day

4:11 PM ET Associated Press Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has successfully appealed his 15-day suspension to the Arkansas Racing Commission, allowing the six-time Kentucky Derby winner to resume preparations to run Medina Spirit in next weekend’s Derby. Baffert was fined and suspended last year by Arkansas stewards for a pair of drug positives

9:36 PM ET Associated Press ELMONT, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association said two horses died as the result of a fire Tuesday night on the backstretch at Belmont Park. NYRA said it responded to a barn fire at 6:05 p.m. and that 58 of the 60 horses under the care of trainers Wayne

10:20 PM ET Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Super Stock won the $1 million Arkansas Derby by 2 1/2 lengths in an upset Saturday to earn a berth in next month’s Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., Super Stock covered 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.92 in front of 17,000 fans at Oaklawn Park.

6:24 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alice Headley Chandler, who founded Mill Ridge Farm and built a Hall of Fame career as a breeder of champion racing thoroughbreds, has died. She was 95. The farm stated in a release that Chandler died peacefully at home Tuesday. Her son Headley, Mill Ridge’s general manager,

1:23 AM ET Associated Press OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Bourbonic, a 72-1 long shot, stormed from the rear entering the stretch to edge Dynamic One by a head to win the $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on Saturday and earn 100 points toward the Kentucky Derby. The colt trained by Todd Pletcher entered the nine-horse

8:34 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Rock Your World won the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby by 4 1/4 lengths on Saturday over 4-5 favorite Medina Spirit, preventing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert from earning his 10th win in the West Coast’s prep for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Rock Your