Kentucky Derby News

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

After more than a year in the making and over 27,000 miles logged, the ingredients for all menus throughout the racetrack were hand-picked from local farmers and international partners to achieve a distinctive blend that elevates southern flavors to new...

Churchill Downs Racetrack (CDRT) today launched the Kentucky Derby Ticket Exchange by Ticketmaster, the only online resale marketplace to provide fans with a secure, reliable and convenient place to buy and resell tickets to the Kentucky Derby presented...

A pair of unbeaten stars in Shadwell Stable’s Fountain of Youth (GII) winner Mohaymen (#13) and Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning American 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#15), the winner of the Grade II San Vicente at Santa Anita in his 2016 debut,...

Fox Hill Farms’ unbeaten 2-year-old filly champion Songbird (#18) is the solid favorite in a strong group of 3-year-old fillies listed as individual betting interests in the 2016 pool of Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Kentucky Oaks Future Wager...