As 2024 comes to an end, this seems like a good time to look back at the past year and reflect on the best races of the year. Here is one racing fan’s highly subjective list of the top 10 races of 2024, with the criteria being stretch battles, close finishes, or exceptional performances in stakes races run at the highest level of competition. We hope you had a good year, and that you will enjoy plenty of good racing and wagering in the year ahead. Good luck and happy holidays!
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail, usually from the Road to the Kentucky Derby schedule that grants qualifying points to the first jewel of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will be held May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.
Built earned 10 points on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve with a dominating gate-to-wire score in the $96,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Dec. 21.
The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of horses and horsemen rising from unknown beginnings to succeed at the highest levels of the sport. But has there ever been a champion as improbable as Carry Back?
His story reads like a fairy tale, a veritable Cinderella story.
