Kentucky Derby News

Black Hawk Stables’ Alsvid will try to secure his second consecutive triumph in the $100,000 Aristides (Grade III) on Saturday at Churchill Downs when he takes on a half-dozen others in the six-furlong event run on the main track. Should he be successful,...

Effective Thursday, June 2, Churchill Downs Racetrack will raise overnight race purse offerings 4 percent thanks to record Kentucky Derby week business levels.
Purses for overnight races – which include overnight stakes, allowance, maiden special...

Churchill Downs Racetrack’s 38-day Spring Meet enters both its second half and the month of June with a Twilight Thursday program on June 2 that features live music and food trucks, along with providing racing fans with another shot at the track’s...

Katherine Ball’s 4-year-old homebred Limousine Liberal will attempt to land his first career stakes win when he tackles six rivals, including defending champ Alsvid, in Saturday’s 28th running of the $100,000 Aristides (Grade III) at Churchill...

WinStar Farm LLC’s Arkansas Derby-winner Creator, who finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), breezed five furlongs in 1:02 Monday over a fast main track at Churchill Downs in preparation for his next start in the...

Samuel Henderson’s Suddenbreakingnews, fifth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), continued preparation for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (GI) on June 11 with a six-furlong breeze in 1:12.40 Sunday morning at Churchill Downs...

Trainer Dale Romans’ duo of Brody’s Cause, seventh last time out in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), and Preakness runner-up Cherry Wine put in breezes for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (Grade I) on June 11. Brody’s...

John C. Oxley’s Diva Express and Glenmare Farm LLC’s I’m a Looker hit the finish line together and dead-heated Saturday in a thrilling 13th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
It was the first dead-heat...

Following a close victory in the Gallorette (GIII) at Pimlico on the May 21 Preakness undercard, trainer Bernie Flint is thinking big with homebred Mizz Money. The 4-year-old daughter of Mizzen Mast could possibly step up against Grade I competition in...

Samuel F. Henderson’s Suddenbreakingnews, fifth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI), began serious preparation for the June 11 Belmont Stakes (GI) with a five-furlong breeze in 1:00.60 on Monday with Joe Rocco, Jr. in the irons.
“It...