There's a Kentucky Derby contender with some famous heavy metal fans. The Arkansas Derby winner is named Sandman. The band ...

Nineteen horses are set to race in the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Jason Franks, horse racing reporter for the ...

Dubbed the “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” – a nod to its approximate run time – the Derby is the first race in US horse ...

Heavy metal band Metallica is showing some love for Sandman, a grey colt expected to run in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

Heavy metal band Metallica is showing some love for Sandman, a grey colt expected to run in the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich formed Metallica in October of 1981. Their first show took place a few months later in March ...

The Casse barn staff were seen sporting Metallica shirts ... some support from the iconic heavy metal band tied to his name. Sandman, a gray colt bred in Kentucky and trained by Mark Casse ...

In the buildup to this year’s race, the heavy metal ... The Kentucky Derby posted a photo on Facebook with Sandman posing with staff members all wearing Metallica t-shirts.

It was a black T-shirt, totally stripped down ... Blaine appears onstage and lights aflame a metal sculpture of his logo — a “d” and “b” fused together to resemble a spade.