Kentucky Derby News
September 9, 2016
$300,000 Spendthrift Farm Stallion Stakes Added to Churchill Downs' Fall Meet Stakes Schedule
Spendthrift Farm has partnered with Churchill Downs to create the Spendthrift Stallion Stakes – a new $300,000-guaranteed stakes race to be run this fall for 2-year-olds that are sired exclusively by Spendthrift Farm stallions, and a race designed...
August 15, 2016
Churchill Downs Unveils Artwork for September’s “Party For A Purpose” to Benefit the Forecastle Foundation
LOUISVILLE, KY (Monday, August 15, 2016) – Churchill Downs Racetrack (CDRT) and The Forecastle Foundation today unveiled the poster designed by renowned artist Justin Helton to promote their new Party for a Purpose to raise money for The Forecastle...
July 27, 2016
September, Fall Meet Stakes Schedules Feature 22 Events and Purses of More Than $3.2 Million
Stakes schedules that feature combined purses of more than $3.2 million and a wide-ranging array of events for horses in most every category of competition have been announced by Churchill Downs Racetrack for its upcoming September Meet, which features...
July 25, 2016
CD Racing Club Breaks Maiden
HENDERSON, Ky. (July 23, 2016) — “Was that a maiden race at Ellis or the Kentucky Derby?” trainer D. Wayne Lukas asked by phone from Saratoga minutes after Dial Me won Ellis Park’s seventh race for 2-year-old fillies Saturday afternoon.
It...
July 4, 2016
Record-Breaking Kentucky Derby and Oaks Week Fuels Successful Racing and Entertainment in 38-Day Spring Meet at Churchill Downs
After opening with a Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Week that set records for attendance and wagering, the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”) concluded Saturday, July 2 with a “Downs After Dark” night racing and...
July 3, 2016
Classic Empire Runs Downs Heavily Favored Recruiting Ready to Win Bashford Manor
John C. Oxley’s Classic Empire sat off the pace set by speedy Maryland-invader Recruiting Ready but flew home late in the stretch to collar the 1-2 favorite in the final strides and win Saturday night’s 115th running of the $100,000 Bashford...
July 3, 2016
Pretty City Dancer's Debutante Romp Gives Oxley, Casse & Leparoux Closing Night Juvenile Stakes Sweep
John C. Oxley’s Pretty City Dancer broke a bit slow coming out of the starting gate, but still managed to run home to victory in the 116th running of the $100,000 Debutante Presented by GE Appliances (Listed) on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs...
July 3, 2016
Veteran Alsvid Wires Foes in Kelly's Landing for Second Stakes Triumph of Spring Meet
Black Hawk Stable’s 7-year-old millionaire Alsvid, who won the $100,000 Aristides (Grade III) for a second straight year on June 3, set the pace and comfortably won Saturday night’s seventh renewal of the $64,465 Kelly’s Landing Overnight...
July 2, 2016
Romans-trained Brody's Cause, Cherry Wine Breeze Toward Mid-Summer Returns
The Dale Romans-trained duo of Brody’s Cause and Cherry Wine are back to work since finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, in the June 11 Belmont Stakes (Grade I) as both breezed a half-mile Saturday at Churchill Downs.
A homebred son of Giant’s...
July 1, 2016
Single 6 Jackpot Carryover Reaches $692,859 For Penultimate Spring Meet Racing Session
Churchill Downs’ Single 6 Jackpot carryover for Friday has reached $692,859 after three tickets hit Thursday’s six-race sequence for $63,292.94 each.
The 20-cent minimum Single 6 Jackpot requires a single winning ticket to pay-out its entire...
