Kentucky Derby News

Jeff Hiles, assistant trainer to Kenny McPeek, has a different perspective on Memorial Day weekend after serving five years in the United States Marines.
“I had the greatest job in the world with the Marines,” Hiles said. “I was based...

Albaugh Family Stable’s J Boys Echo, 15th in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), breezed five furlongs in 1:00.80 Saturday morning at Churchill Downs for a possible start in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) on Saturday,...

Carl Moore Management LLC’s swift female sprinter Finley’sluckycharm broke alertly from the starting gate and never looked back to easily record her first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill...

Six Column Stables, Randy Bloch, John Seiler and Fred Merritt’s Sweetgrass will attempt to upset heavy-favorite Finley’sluckycharm in Saturday’s $100,000 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. The six-furlong sprint for fillies...

Steve Asmussen became only the third trainer in Churchill Downs history to saddle 600 winners at the home of the Kentucky Derby when the Hall of Fame horseman won Friday’s second race with 2-year-old filly She’s a Julie.
Asmussen, 51, only...

John Oxley’s Classic Empire, who lost Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness (Grade I) by a head two weeks after finishing fourth in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), is scheduled to begin his preparations for the June...

Classic Empire, who lost Saturday’s Preakness Stakes by a head two weeks after finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, is scheduled to begin his preparations for the June 10 Belmont Stakes with a Friday morning jog at Churchill...

Carl Moore Management LLC’s crack female sprinter Finley’sluckycharm will put her unbeaten record at Churchill Downs on the line Saturday as she attempts to land her first graded stakes win in the 14th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors...

Dora Alcon, Dogwood Plantation and Larry Marcus’ three-time winner Giovanna Blues will attempt stakes company for the first time in Saturday’s fifth running of the $65,000-added Keertana Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs.
The 1 ½-mile...

Col. Matt Winn, the former president of Churchill Downs who served as the driving force in the development of the Louisville racetrack and his beloved Kentucky Derby, has been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame as a 2017 Pillar...