Published May 2, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET The Hallmark Channel has cleverly found ways to tap into the zeitgeist and create romantic movies based around just about every major holiday, major NFL franchises, river cruises, and now, the Kentucky Derby. Kentucky Roses, about a couple who fall in love while working at Churchill Downs could have been a stretch – Really? A movie about the horse race? – but as always, Hallmark succeeds at turning what could be a flimsy premise into a layered romance with parallel romantic plots, multiple crises that need to be averted, and a solid cast to move the whole story along. KENTUCKY ROSES : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?  The Gist: Odette Annable stars as Sadie, the daughter of the woman who runs the greenhouse at Churchill Downs, the legendary horse racing track in Louisville, Kentucky, but she really wants to be a florist. Andrew Walker plays Ash, the son of Churchill Downs’ CEO, though he wishes above all else to be able to get out from his father’s shadow.…