If you're a horse-racing fan, it's hard not to envy Sandy Hatfield, stallion manager at Three Chimney's Farm in Midway. Hatfield, 47, gets paid to work with elite Thoroughbreds such as Smarty Jones, Point Given, War  Chant and, until recently, Silver Charm.

Pilots begin arriving tomorrow for the U.S. Bank Derby Festival Great Balloon Race. The race is one of the Derby Festival’s marquee events and one of Louisville’s most beloved family traditions.

Everybody knows who won the first Kentucky Derby and who ran the fastest Derby ever and who misjudged the finish line in 1957 aboard Gallant Man, but even if you pride yourself on being a Derby data whiz, good luck with this hard-core Derby fan's quiz:

The path to the winner's circle of Derby entertaining can be challenging. Whether you're planning an Oaks brunch before youo head to the races or staying home to host a gourmet-style Derby evening bash, the menu decisions can prove daunting if not panic-producing.

Cash a winning ticket with guests by serving this bourbon-laced chocolate coconut cake at your next backyard Derby brunch.

Lost to many Louisvillians within the recent ruins of suburbia is the legacy of Bashford Manor Farm - a farm that in its "hay day" was the first to claim the honor of breeding three Kentucky Derby winners.

When Louisville native Hunter S. Thompson put himself down recently, tributes to the famous participant/writer made note of his first piece of “gonzo journalism,” a story titled “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” published in 1970 in Scanlan’s Monthly.