Larry Demeritte, whose underdog story inspired horse racing fans across the world prior to Kentucky Derby 2024, died Monday ...

Demeritte learned the horse training business from his father, and he trained the Bahamas' champion 2-year-old three years in ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington-based horse trainer Larry Demeritte died Tuesday at age 75 after a decades-long battle with ...

His wife, Inga, said her husband died Monday night of cardiac arrest after a long battle with cancer, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Tuesday.

Born in Nassau, The Bahamas, Demeritte was just two weeks old when his mother handed him to his grandmother to raise. He grew up in a crowded two-bedroom home shared with 13 children, where food was ...