Toby Keith, the late country music superstar, will be represented in the 2025 Kentucky Derby by longshot Render Judgment. Here's how it happened:

"It was Toby’s dream," a social media post says. The post came from the late Toby Keith's Instagram account, which says a horse he owned is running in the Kentucky Derby this year. Keith died last year in February after a battle with stomach cancer.

Render Judgment, co-owned by the late country legend’s Dream Walkin’ Farms, nicked a last-minute starting-gate spot after an injury to another horse