The 2025 Royal Court of the Kentucky Derby Festival has elected its five Princesses. These five young women will compete for the title of Derby Festival Queen.

The top 19 or 20 point earners will earn a spot in the starting gate for the 149th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

The 149 th annual Kentucky Derby is set to take place on Saturday ... Reach Louisville football, women's basketball and baseball beat writer Alexis Cubit at [email protected] and follow her ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This year’s Kentucky Derby is less than four months away and five women have been given the opportunity to shine as princesses for this year’s 70th Kentucky Derby Festival.

THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL INTRODUCED THIS YEAR’S ROYAL COURT THIS MORNING AT THE MALL, SAINT MATTHEWS. NEARLY 100 YOUNG WOMEN APPLIED TO THE PROGRAM. FIVE WERE CHOSEN AS PRINCESSES WHO WILL ...