Mandarin Hero is one of 20 horses expected to enter the Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs. Spots for the Kentucky Derby are earned by gaining points through a series of prep races that began ...

A year ago, a late scratch opened the door for Rich Strike to run in the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. It turned into a fortuitous set of circumstances as the Keen Ice colt turned his 80-1 ...

Woodbine-based champion jockey Kazushi Kimura will ride Mandarin Hero in the May 6 149th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs. A native of Hokkaido, Japan, Kimura will be making his ...

Friday afternoon was business as usual for Kazushi Kimura. Saturday will be anything but. Woodbine’s leading jockey the past two years, Kimura is scheduled to ride Mandarin Hero in the Kentucky Derby ...

This article was published 04/05/2023 (818 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Woodbine jockey Kazushi Kimura will ride in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at ...

In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Strand Beach's Paris Secret and jockey Kazushi Kimura, right, win the Grade III $100,000 Providencia Stakes Saturday, April 29, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia ...