Kentucky Derby News

Janis Whitham’s rising star McCraken is just one of several graded stakes contenders that could give trainer Ian Wilkes a successful Thanksgiving weekend at Churchill Downs.
The highly-regarded son of Ghostzapper created buzz following his Oct....

Richard and Bert Klein’s Cash Control rated just behind longshot pacesetter Lots o’ Lex before unleashing a powerful closing kick in the stretch to easily win Saturday’s 43rd running of the $100,000 Cardinal Handicap (Grade III) at Churchill...

Trainer Mark Casse’s son and assistant Norman Casse sent out a threesome of workers Friday morning at Churchill Downs in preparation for their starts in Thanksgiving weekend’s stakes races.
Stonestreet Stables’ Valadorna put in her first...

General admission tickets for the 2017 celebrations of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs Racetrack will be available for online purchase at noon (all times EST) on Thursday (Nov. 16) at special pricing...

Richard and Bertram Klein’s Cash Control, winner of the Old Forester Mint Julep Handicap (Grade III) on Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Matt Winn Turf Course in June, will seek her second stakes triumph over that surface when she breaks from an...

Jerry Durant’s Holy Boss, runner-up to A.P. Indian as the favorite in Saratoga’s Grade I Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and Black Hawk Stable’s Alsvid, a two-time stakes winner at Churchill Downs with career earnings of more than $1.3 million,...

The 7-year-old gelding Alsvid will be back in action Saturday over a Churchill Downs surface that has brought him much success when he takes on eight others in the ninth running of the $80,000-added Bet On Sunshine Overnight Stakes over six furlongs....

Capital Project Creates More Than 1,800 New Seats on North End of Facility

Up to 36 New Luxury Suites Will Host 1,140 Guests in Groups of Various Sizes
Event Space on Each of Three Levels Will Provide Interior Dining for 576 Guests
Project Includes...

Churchill Downs Racing Club’s Warrior’s Club, winner of the inaugural $200,000 Spendthrift Stallion Stakes on Oct. 30, continued to impress Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas on Wednesday morning when the 2-year-old colt recorded a half-mile...

Twenty-nine outstanding high school seniors who make up the roster of the 2016 class of Churchill Downs Winner’s Circle Governor’s Scholars were honored for their participation in the program on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Churchill Downs Racetrack.
The...