Kentucky Derby News

CHURCHILL DOWNS AND KEENELAND ANNOUNCE HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP TO PROPOSE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW RACING FACILITIES IN CORBIN AND OAK GROVE, KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (“CDI”) and Keeneland Association,...

Boldly Dared is not a familiar name to many but for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, this horse holds a special significance. That’s the horse Mott won with on June 8, 1986 to surpass Henry Forrest as the all-time leading trainer with his 272nd win...

Dr. Harvey Diamond’s Skychai Racing and David Koenig’s Sand Dollar Stable are familiar with the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” process, most recently supplementing Fast and Accurate to Kentucky Derby 143 after his Spiral Stakes (Grade...

It has been 10,899 days since trainer Dale Romans recorded his first victory at Churchill Downs with a horse named Final Destroyer and, now, the 50-year-old South Louisville native is 24 hours away from possibly becoming the track’s all-time leading...

The Road to the Kentucky Derby officially begins Saturday at Churchill Downs as 10 promising 2-year-olds, led by Saratoga Special (Grade II) runner-up Hollywood Star and Bashford Manor (GIII) winner Ten City, were entered in Saturday’s 36th running...

A quartet of stakes winners heads a talented and promising field of a dozen 2-year-old fillies entered to compete in Saturday’s 49th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas (Grade II) at Churchill Downs, one of four stakes races scheduled at the Louisville...

John Gunther’s Tiger Moth looks to pick up her third-consecutive stakes victory in Saturday’s 34th running of the $100,000 Locust Grove (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
The Locust Grove, for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up run at 1 1/16 miles,...

Carl Moore Management LLC and Brad Grady’s Mayla and Brook T. Investment’s Ivy Bell are familiar with seeing the tail-end of multiple graded stakes winner Finley’sluckycharm at Churchill Downs but the two sprinters will get the opportunity...

What: South Louisville native Dale Romans, who is on the verge of surpassing Hall of Famer Bill Mott as the all-time leading trainer in races won at Churchill Downs, will be available to meet with members of the media at his Barn 4 on Thursday at 9 a.m....

Horse racing on the Kentucky circuit shifts to Churchill Downs on Friday (Sept. 15) with a 10-race program at 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its fifth September Meet for an action-packed 11-date run through Sunday,...