Who are the owners for Kentucky Derby 2026 horses at Churchill Downs?

Thoroughbred owners spend countless dollars in the hopes one of their horses might make it to the 2026 Kentucky Derby . As this year's race approaches, more than three dozen owners spread across the 20 competing racehorses are in line to be represented. Here's a look at the owners lineup in the Run for the Roses , listed in alphabetical order by horse's name (sole owners with multiple Derby entrants are grouped together): Albus; Incredibolt Owner: Pin Oak Stud (Dana Bernhard) What to know: Bernhard is the only owner with multiple starters in this year's Derby.

This is the first Derby for Bernhard. Josephine Abercrombie founded Pin Oak Stud in 1952 and owned it until her death in 2022 at the age of 96. Later that year, Bernhard and her husband, Jim, bought Pin Oak and owned it together until Jim's death Nov.

16 . Since then, horses have been a source of comfort for Dana, especially Albus and Incredibolt. "Losing Jim so suddenly ...

was a profound, horrible experience," she told the Thoroughbred Daily News earlier this month. "I still have extreme waves of grief. I'm trying to get through it for everybody and to kind of take charge of a lot of our businesses again.