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Godolphin’s homebred colt Sovereignty, winless in two New York starts around one turn, invaded Kentucky and relished the added distance to dominate Sunday’s 12th running of the $200,000 Street Sense (Grade III) – the featured event on opening day...

Tamaroak Partners’ Bango, the all-time leading horse with 12 career wins at Churchill Downs, will seek victory No. 13 in next Saturday’s 16th running of the $300,000 Bet On Sunshine Stakes (Listed).
The Bet On Sunshine, a six-furlong sprint, is carded...

Churchill Downs-based 2-year-olds East Avenue and Jonathan’s Way, already prominent on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, will vie for championship honors and crucial Derby qualifying points in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I)...

Tickets for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 3 will go on sale to the public Thursday at noon ET.

Sandman Leads Field of 10 in $200,000 Street Sense Stakes on Road to the Kentucky Derby

Horse racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 135th Fall Meet with an 11-race program – all for promising 2-year-old Thoroughbreds.
 
The popular 26-day stand covers...

As the 14-day September Meet draws to a close Sunday at Churchill Downs, Rigney Racing secured its second consecutive owners title with four wins from 15 starts while banking $436,313 in purse earnings. The jockey and trainer titles, however, remain undecided...

Hit Show relaxed in fourth down the backstretch, tipped out four-wide around the final turn and edged past leader Cooke Creek inside the final eighth of a mile to win Saturday’s 11th running of the $500,000 Lukas Classic (Grade II) for 3-year-olds and...

Tamaroak Partners’ all-time Churchill Downs wins leader Bango earned a stout 100 Brisnet Speed Rating in his record-breaking allowance victory Friday beneath the Twin Spires. The 7-year-old sprinter will now target the Nov. 2 Bet on Sunshine Stakes...

Bango etched his name into the record books Friday afternoon at Churchill Downs, becoming the track’s all-time winningest horse with a resounding 12th victory beneath the historic Twin Spires. The veteran 7-year-old, owned by Tamaroak Partners and trained...