Kentucky Derby News

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...

Through the first 13 days of the 38-day Spring Meet, Texas native J.R. Caldwell is making his presence known at Churchill Downs with an impressive nine victories in 14 starts (64.3%), including a trio of wins on Saturday’s 11-race card.
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Curlin’s Approval headlines a competitive cast of 13 fillies and mares entered for Saturday’s $100,000 Matron (GIII) at Churchill Downs. Multiple graded stakes winner Curlin’s Approval invades the Matron from Florida for trainer Marty...

Ian Wilkes, trainer of Matron (GIII) winner Walkabout. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., the jockey on Matron (GIII) winner Walkabout. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)

James Graham, rider on runner-up Improv....

Kenny McPeek, trainer of Louisville Handicap (GIII) winner Some in Tieme (Brz). The victory was McPeek's fourth in Churchill Downs' 1 1/2-mile turf test. (Churchill Downs)

Some In Time Inc.’s Brazilian-bred Some in Tieme (Brz) muscled...