The American Thoroughbred racehorse, Mine That Bird’s 50–1 Kentucky Derby victory in 2009, shocked the horse racing world, becoming one of the most enduring underdog stories in sports. Now, renewed ...

Calvin Borel was in a familiar place, along the rail and urging Mine That Bird to fly through the mud. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was someplace he never imagined — the Kentucky Derby, with his horse ...

JT KeithAlamogordo Newsjtkeith@elrtiomedia.com A little gelding from Roswell, New Mexico, once stunned the racing world. In 2009, Mine That Bird came roaring up the rail from nearly 30 lengths back, ...

Avery Place, who is trained by El Paso's Dick Cappellucci, came from off the pace to win the 25th running of the $175,000, 1 1/8th miles race for 3-yeart-old thoroughbreds. It was just the third race ...

Sunland Park, April 5, $175,000 guaranteed, value of race $175,000, 3-year-olds, 121 pounds, 9 furlongs, 1:51.63 (track record, 1:46.94), track fast.

A big part of the excitement of the Kentucky Derby is that upsets are commonplace. The race-time favorite of the Derby hasn't won since 2018, and longshots are routinely draped in a garland of roses ...

With Great White going off at 50-1 on Saturday, history says don't count out the longshots. Here's proof that anything can happen at Churchill Downs.