Blue Skies of Mapleview, a 15-acre horse farm and English riding facility located in the countryside near Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Durham, offers a special program designed to connect horses ...

After Smile Happy finished second in the Grade 2 Risen Star on Feb. 19 at Fair Grounds, McPeek was confident the horse had enough points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby and gave him some rest ...

Erika Tully noticed that her horse, Blue, loved grabbing things with his mouth. "Horses aren't usually nipey, or bitey," says Tully, 57, of Carolina Beach, North Carolina.

This year, the stable is fielding a horse in the Derby for the first time. That horse is Smile Happy. "We've been doing this since 1991 and this is the closest we've gotten," Mackin said.

Tapit Trice , a horse bred and sold with races like the Kentucky Derby (G1) in mind, took a big step toward that May 6 classic when he prevailed over Verifying ...

Smile Happy, the favorite trained by Kenny McPeek, was 2 ½ lengths back in second and also is safely in the field for the May 7 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Third-place Emmanuel, trained by ...

Chancer McPatrick is 7-2 in the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes odds, while River Thames is the 5-2 Blue Grass Stakes betting favorite. Post time for the 2025 Blue Grass Stakes horses is 5:52 p.m. ET.