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Six days after his 80-1 upset aboard Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby, Sonny Leon is back riding at Belterra Park. We catch up with him here.

Larry Collmus, the voice of the Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup on NBC, joined this week's TDN Writers' Room to relive the 2022 Kentucky Derby and discuss his pre-race preparations for a big day of racing.

Lifelong horseman Kiaran McLaughlin, who took over jockey Luis Saez's book following a lucrative career as a trainer, joins Christina Bossinakis and Gabby Gaudet for the latest installment of TDN 'Let's Talk'

A large crowd was gathered on the Churchill Downs backstretch by 7:30 Thursday morning to watch the Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders prepare for a big weekend. Katie Petrunyak spoke with trainers Kenny McPeek and Rodolphe Brisset, as well as Tami Bobo, the co-owner of Simplification.

Mike Repole joined this week's TDN Writers' Room ahead of a big weekend for Repole Stable's Mo Donegal and Nest in the Kentucky Derby and Oaks.

On the Churchill Downs backside Wednesday morning, Katie Petrunyak discussed the unforgettable experience of having a horse running in the Kentucky Derby with owners Bill Simon (WSS Racing), owner of Barber Road, and Mike Mackin (Lucky Seven Stable), owner of Smile Happy. She also caught up with Katie Tolbert, the exercise rider of Cyberknife.

Generally the hardest race to handicap every year, the 2022 renewal of the GI Kentucky Derby appears even more complicated than most, with a handful of major contenders but no standout favorite, and a seemingly small gap back to the rest of the field. Monday, shortly after the 20-horse field was drawn for Saturday's Run for the Roses, TDN podcast hosts Joe Bianca and Bill Finley broke down the race from a variety of angles to try to provide clarity and insight for Derby bettors. Bianca, who hosts handicapping conversation...

Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders were out in full force on Tuesday, despite heavy early morning rainfall. Katie Petrunyak catches up with Chad Brown on Derby morning-line favorite Zandon, Shug McGaughey on top Kentucky Oaks filly Kathleen O., as well as Danielle Rosier, the exercise rider of Secret Oath.

The TDN's Katie Petrunyak will be on the Derby backstretch every morning this week to talk to the Oaks and Derby connections. Here, she talks to Trainer Tim Yakteen, who sends out Messier and Taiba in the Derby; Bill Mott, who saddles Nostalgic in the Oaks, and D. Wayne Lukas, whose Secret Oath is expected to be the Oaks favorite and whose Ethereal Road made it into the Derby field Monday.

TDN Rising Star Life is Good and Dubai World Cup winner Country Grammer are enjoying some R and R before they return to the track for their summer campaigns. We visited the pair at WinStar Farm.

The TDN Writers' Room's Joe Bianca, Bill Finley and Jon Green took a trip to Lexington to visit the historic Keeneland and talk to Keeneland's Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy, Chance Timm of Grovendale Sales and trainer Mike Stidham.

Joseph Parr has been training since 2020 and in just two years he has gone from 12 horses to 33, meaning that his yard on Hamilton Hill in Newmarket is now full. Alayna Cullen paid Joseph a visit to talk about his career so far.