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

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.

Toby Keith died just more than a year ago following a battle with stomach cancer, but the beloved country music icon is still making an impact. And maybe he will be looking down on Churchill Downs Saturday because, if he is, he will get to see one of his dreams come true.