Sovereignty gave trainer Bill Mott a second Kentucky Derby victory. This time there was no doubt about it and no asterisk.

Neighborhoods around Churchill Downs took advantage of the crowds and sold their yards and driveways for parking to race fans ...

I’ve lived in Kentucky for about two-thirds of my life, but I had never been to the Kentucky Derby. Outside of a few rodeo events, I had never even been to a horse race. But that all changed Saturday.

Our film correspondent revisits a flawed-but-worthy attempt to transfer to celluloid the famous tale of 1924 Churchill Downs ...