134th Kentucky Derby Coverage
May 2, 2008
Check out our coverage of the 134th Kentucky Derby. You’ll find fun profiles of the horses, the latest news from the track, cool stuff to download, video and lots of photos.
Zach Pickard
May 2, 2008
Zach Pickard acts like any other 15-month-old boy. He plays with his friends, has a loving family, and is hardly ever still. But, Zach has been diagnosed with progeria, a genetic disease so rare and random that he is one of only 46 in the world to have it. Because of progeria, his little body will age many decades well before he attends kindergarten. His family is working to raise money for research for the disease.
Little Kentucky Derby
May 2, 2008
The 29th running of the Little Kentucky Derby at The Lexington School in Lexington , Ky., Friday, May 2, 2008. Preschool students race tricycles and stick horses while middle school students serve as trainers.
Welcome to Churchill Downs.
April 29, 2008
(From an intern’s perspective)
As a recent transplant to Kentucky, I am experiencing the Kentucky Derby for the first time. Well actually, I am experiencing racing and horses — lots of horses — for the first time. Read more
Breakfast Time at Fleming County High School
April 28, 2008
Fleming County High School student Eugene Hamilton spent the first class period feeding animals at the school’s barn. The high school has a unique equine program and a history of taking top prizes in the state 4-H competitions.
