Kentucky Derby News
May 4, 2016
Routine Morning for Kentucky Derby Hopefuls; Post Position Draw This Afternoon
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 4, 2016) – On a partly cloudy Kentucky morning, all but three of the players for Saturday’s 142nd Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) went about their business on a fast track at Churchill Downs. All...
May 3, 2016
Power-Packed Kentucky Oaks Day Undercard features Sheer Drama, Curalina,Noble Bird,Nickname,Carina Mia, Catch A Glimpse
Multiple Grade I winners Sheer Drama and Curalina headline a small but select field of seven fillies and mares entered today for Friday’s 31st running of the $300,000 La Troienne (GI), one of five graded stakes leading up to the 142nd running of...
May 2, 2016
Churchill Downs Launches New Mobile App to Enhance Fan Experience at the Racetrack
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, April 29, 2016) – Churchill Downs Racetrack today launched a new mobile app to provide fans with convenient mobile access to the racetrack’s services and amenities...
May 2, 2016
Churchill Downs, Levy Restaurants Agree to 10-Year Extension of Food & Beverage Contract
Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT), the racing icon and year-round entertainment institution that is the home of the Kentucky Derby, and Levy Restaurants, its hospitality partner and on-track dining provider since 2001, have agreed to a 10-year contract...
May 1, 2016
Favored Toews On Ice Wins Meet-Opening William Walker Stakes
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Toews On Ice took command at the head of the stretch and cruised home by two lengths over Entertainer to win the second running of the $100,000 William Walker for 3-year-olds on a rainy Saturday night...
May 1, 2016
Ward-Trained Filly Trio Heads Field of Nine in Kentucky Juvenile
Trainer Wesley Ward will bring a solid hand to Thursday’s 23rd running of the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile at five furlongs for 2-year-olds on the main track when he sends out three debut winners from the recently closed Keeneland meet.
The Kentucky...
April 27, 2016
Toews On Ice Tops Opening Night's William Walker
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Toews On Ice, a three-time stakes winner and runner-up to Kentucky Derby hopeful Mor Spirit in the Los Alamitos Futurity (GI), heads a field of five 3-year-olds entered today for the second running of...
April 25, 2016
Breeders' Cup to Return to Churchill Downs in 2018
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 25, 2016) – The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horseracing’s
most prestigious international events, has today announced that it will return to Churchill Downs
in Louisville, Kentucky in 2018. As part of the...
April 8, 2016
'Inside Churchill Downs' Returns Saturdays at 10 a.m. on ESPN 680/105.7
“Inside Churchill Downs,” co-hosted by Churchill Downs Racetrack’s John Asher and Darren Rogers, returns to the airwaves Saturday from 10-11 a.m. (all times Eastern) on ESPN 680/105.7.
The one-hour program will air every Saturday through...
April 3, 2016
Japan's UAE Derby Winner Arrives at Churchill Downs to Prepare for Kentucky Derby
Japan’s UAE Derby winner Lani arrived at Churchill Downs at 2:55 p.m. ET on Sunday following a 5 ½-hour van ride from Chicago and was bedded down in Barn 17, which will be his home for the next five weeks as the 3-year-old prepares to compete...
