Kentucky Derby News

Classic Empire, the Preakness Stakes (Grade I) runner-up, and Gotham Stakes (GIII) winner J Boys Echo will put in their final preparations for the June 10 Belmont Stakes (GI) this weekend at Churchill Downs.
Classic Empire, owned by John Oxley and trained...

Limousine Liberal, who scored a breakout win in the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes Presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade II) on the May 6 Kentucky Derby undercard, headlines a field of eight older horses that were entered for Saturday’s 29th running...

Steve Vanovich, Steve Andriot, Brad Cain and P.J. Herold’s Latent Revenge will attempt to defend his title in Saturday’s second running of the $65,000-added Mighty Beau Overnight Stakes, a five-furlong dash over the Matt Winn Turf Course at...

TwinSpires headquarters relocating to Louisville from Silicon Valley

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ: CHDN) (“CDI”) announced today the transition and creation of more than 70 high-tech jobs in Kentucky, as it...

Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner, last fall’s Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) winner and runner-up to Arrogate in March’s Dubai World Cup (GI), breezed five furlongs in :59.80 Monday...

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...

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...