Silent Tactic is out of the Kentucky Derby because of a foot injury, trainer Mark Casse said Wednesday, the first change to the field of 20 horses for the first leg of the Triple Crown.

Hours before America’s most famous horse race had begun in Louisville, spectators engaged in the event’s other time-honored tradition (apart from day drinking): parading around Churchill Downs in outr...

She explained that the pricy pick-me-up will go to a good cause, namely Closely Crafted, a charity which she said celebrates American craftsmanship.