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How the Kentucky Derby horses get their names

Naming horses is about as hard as picking the winner of the Kentucky Derby and there are more rules to follow.

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Racing, racism and a reexamination: new biography on Isaac Murphy puts his life and career in context of the times

People in Lexington know all about Derby winning jockey Isaac Murphy; or do they? In Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey, historian Katherine C. Mooney finds that the superstar athlete was both an American hero, employed by the country’s elite to ride their prized horses, and a Black man living in a racist country, who for every success he achieved could never be truly seen beyond his skin color. She recently spoke with WUKY's Alan Lytle.

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