Dale Romans has won plenty of races. Now the famed horse trainer is trying to win a different kind of race.
On Wednesday morning, the famed horse trainer from Louisville announced his bid for U.S. Senate. He will be on the Democratic primary ticket for the seat that was held for decades by Mitch McConnell.
Romans, a 1984 graduate of Butler High School, has spent most of his life on the backside of Churchill Downs. Between 2017 and 2020, he held the title of the winningest trainer ever beneath the famed Twin Spires. According to Equibase, Romans has more than 2,200 career wins as a trainer with nearly 15,000 starts and approximately $127 million in career earnings.