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PHOTOS: Here's how the Kentucky Derby glasses will look in 2025

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This Louisville painter was selected to make the 2025 Derby Festival poster

The Derby Festival’s Official Poster Series has been a staple of the season since Peter Max's "Bluegrass Pegasus" in 1981.
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Kentucky Derby Festival unveils 2025 Pegasus pin

The new Pegasus Pin design is supposed to symbolize spring, joy, enthusiasm and optimism.
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Kentucky Derby Museum finishes Derby 150 updates to Winner's Circle exhibit

Every year, the museum updates the Winner's Circle to commemorate the latest Derby champion — and this year is no exception.
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Kentucky Derby winning jockey honored with his own day in Shelbyville, his hometown

May 20, 2024 was proclaimed Brian Hernandez Jr. Day.
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The411: Musicians, actors party it up at Barnstable Brown Gala for Kentucky Derby 150

The411's Sherlene Shanklin and photojournalist Aspen Hester caught up with several of the big stars that visited Louisville for the 150th Kentucky Oaks and Derby.
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Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness after all

Trainer Kenny McPeek announced the decision to send the horse to Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown next Saturday.
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Here's how much Sierra Leone's jockey was fined for Kentucky Derby misconduct

During the final stretch, Sierra Leone and Japan's Forever Young were bumping each other repeatedly.
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KHRC fines Sierra Leone jockey Tyler Gaffalione for touching Forever Young

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ordered Gaffalione to a film review on Monday, May 6.
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KHRC stewards order Sierra Leone jockey Tyler Gaffalione to film review of Kentucky Derby 150

KHRC stewards review every race in Kentucky live and by video replay before posting the official results.
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Neighbors gather outside Barnstable Brown Gala to catch a glimpse of celebrities in Louisville

The Barnstable Brown Gala happens every year the day before the Kentucky Derby.
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'It's unbelievable': Kentucky Derby shares adorable photo of then 6-year-old Brian Hernandez Jr. who became winning jockey

Hernandez added his name to horse racing history after winning the 150th Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby.