WHAS - Sports - Derby / Horseracing http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing RSS Feed for WHAS - Sports - Derby / Horseracing en-us Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:39:18 GMT What should Rachel Alexandra and Curlin's colt be named? http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/What-should-Rachel-Alexandra-and-Curlins-colt-be-named-137921918.html Kentucky Derby Hat Photos 2010 http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Kentucky-Derby-2006-Photos-64999642.html Interview: Ky. Derby Festival royal court to be announced, poster premiere http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Interview-Ky-Derby-Festival-royal-court-to-be-announced-poster-premiere-136746218.html Agriculture Committee hears from horse industry http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/137588768.html Racing industry spokesmen have told a House committee that Kentucky's horse industry is in crisis and casino-style racing could help it. Gary Roedemeier's Derby Picks http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Gary-Roedemeiers-Derby-Picks-121366939.html But this story is the most difficult to write. I have to reduce the choices to one. As recently as Wednesday morning, I was ready to anoint Archarcharch as my favorite. Then the luck of the pill pull fastened "Archie" to the rail and made his Derby a People gather at Churchill Downs to remember jockey and trainer Mitch Shirota http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/People-gather-at-Churchill-Downs-to-remember-jockey-and-trainer-Mitch-Shirota-136887043.html Shirota was a well recognized face on the backside and his career in the horse racing circuit spanned more than 30 years. He saddled 236 winners and he won 79 races at Churchill Downs. Memorial service for Director of Horsemen's Relations at Churchill Downs http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Memorial-service-for-director-of-horsemens-relations-at-Churchill-Downs-136159283.html Wheat died December 21 at University Hospital after suffering injuries in a fall at his home a day earlier. He was 78-years-old. Julian 'Buck' Wheat remembered as perfect ambassador for Churchill Downs http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Julian-Buck-Wheat-remembered-as-perfect-ambassador-for-Churchill-Downs-136341843.html Julian “Buck” Wheat made a place for himself as the liaison between Churchill Downs and its horsemen. But he was best known as a gentle and good man, the perfect ambassador for the race track. Photos: 137th Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Photos-137th-Kentucky-Oaks-at-Churchill-Downs-121384219.html Well-known fixture at Churchill Downs for 60 years dies Thursday from head injury http://www.whas11.com/sports/derby-horse-racing/Well-known-fixture-at-Churchill-Downs-for-60-years-dies-Thursday-from-head-injury-136020768.html