Dejection turned to elation in a period of about five hours May 2 for owner Mike Repole.
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Why Each Horse in the 2025 Kentucky Derby Can Win the Race
This column has made it to another Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and after weeks of giving you the stats and trends of the big prep races we’ll close it out with some nuggets that give some amount of hope for every horse in the race. The Road is a BloodHorse feature sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm. Let’s take a look at this year’s field in post-position order:
Veteran Horse Racing Journalists Evaluate the 2025 Kentucky Derby Field
Bob Ehalt and Tom Pedulla became fast friends when they met on their first day at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1970. Bob soon introduced Tom to the joys of Thoroughbred racing.
Wilkes and Mentor Nafzger Hoping to Recapture Derby-Winning Magic With Burnham Square
Thirty-five years ago, on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, a youthful Ian Wilkes would tell anyone who would listen that Unbridled could not be beat in that afternoon’s run for the roses.
