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Come-backing Grade II winners Birdatthewire, Keen Pauline and Gold Medal Dancer headline a field of eight fillies and mares entered for Saturday’s 30th running of the $200,000 Chilukki Stakes (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
The one-mile Chilukki...

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Wednesday, Nov. 4 is the last day for the public to register online for Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Nov. 10 online pre-sale of approximately 10,000 reserved seats to the 2016 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the Longines Kentucky Oaks....

Reddam Racing’s Nyquist was caught wide on both turns but his outside post proved no detriment in the $1,840,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), rallying boldly to the lead in upper stretch and proving best by a half-length. Unbeaten in five...

Mike Rutherford’s homebred Stageplay remained unbeaten in two starts with a 1 ½-length victory over Dream Dance in the third running of the $84,400 Rags to Riches on Sunday at Churchill Downs.
Sent off as the odds-on 3-5 favorite, Stageplay...

Don’t have tickets to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland Race Course? The next best place to watch and wager on the year-end championship event in Kentucky is Churchill Downs Racetrack.
Churchill Downs will be open Friday,...

Racing on the Kentucky circuit won’t skip a beat after Keeneland plays host to the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31. Churchill Downs Racetrack will open its 126th Fall Meet on Sunday, Nov....

Rain and unseasonably cool temperatures didn’t keep Louisville from making the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) 31st Big Shot at Churchill Downs a success.
Local volunteers, RIT students and local RIT alumni used flashlights and other...

Strong performances by Thoroughbred racing’s future stars and a stakes event named in honor of legendary four-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas combined with near-perfect weather and a strong schedule of on-track events during Churchill...