Menasha Police Department officers salute during the national anthem at the 36th Annual Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial ...

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's live May 1 coverage of the 2026 Kentucky Derby here. Right to Party, who had drawn the coveted No. 5 gate for the 152nd Kentucky Derby, has been scratched from the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cristian Torres is getting the chance to ride in his first Kentucky Derby after Kenny McPeek-trained Right to Party was scratched on Friday, with Doug O'Neill's Robusta drawing into ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Cristian Torres is getting the chance to ride in his first Kentucky Derby after Kenny McPeek-trained Right to Party was scratched, with Doug O’Neill’s Robusta drawing into the field.

Right to Party scratches from the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Robusta, trained by Doug O’Neill, moves into the Derby field. O’Neill won the 2012 Kentucky Derby with I’ll Have Another and the 2016 race with ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Silent Tactic became the first horse to scratch from the Kentucky Derby on Wednesday, putting Great White into the 20-horse field. Mark Casse, the trainer of Silent Tactic, told the ...

Great White will enter the Kentucky Derby off a fifth-place finish in the Blue Grass on April 4. Trainer John Ennis is in the Kentucky Derby for the second time, having finished 13th with Epic Ride in ...

Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Silent Tactic has scratched out of the 2026 Kentucky Derby. Great White, trained by John Ennis, will replace Silent Tactic in 20-horse Derby field. The 2026 Kentucky Derby will be run Saturday, May 2, ...

Great White wasn't part of the Kentucky Derby field at the start of the week. But when Silent Tactic had to be scratched due to injury, it created an opening. Great White was the horse that got to ...

First lady Melania Trump is keeping a relatively low profile during Donald Trump's second term. She divides her time between homes in Florida, New York, and DC. The first lady released a documentary, ...