The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby had at least two direct connections to music: Render Judgment was co-owned by late country singer Toby Keith and Sandman was named by a pair of Metallica ...

Baeza, the also-eligible horse who replaced Rodriguez in the Derby field, was also named after a former athlete, retired Hall ...

The legacies of the horses running the Kentucky Derby can be shaped or shattered by how they break from the gate. It all ...