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

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

Now, just a little over a year after his death, that dream is about to become a reality. Keith died in February 2024, after several years of battling stomach cancer. He was 62 years old.