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.Sign up for our NewslettersKeith died last year in February after a battle with stomach cancer.

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.