Kentucky Derby News
September 12, 2015
Frivolous Wins Third Stakes at Churchill Downs with Eight-Length Locust Grove Romp
Coming off of a runner-up effort in the Delaware Handicap (Grade I) at Delaware Park behind Sheer Drama, G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Frivolous came from off the pace to impressively win the 32nd running of the $100,000 Locust Grove Stakes by eight lengths...
September 11, 2015
Barn Notes: Expected Ruler Looks to Give 20-Year-Old U of L Student First Graded Stakes Win as a Trainer
Liam F. Benson’s Expected Ruler, who is trained by 20-year-old Liam Benson, a student at the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program will be looking to give the young trainer his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000...
September 9, 2015
Newcomer Conquest Windycity, Stakes Winners Expected Ruler and Cocked and Loaded Top Iroquois Field
Conquest Stable LLC’s impressive newcomer Conquest Windycity and a pair of stakes winners in Liam F. Benson’s Expected Ruler, winner of Monmouth Park’s $60,000 Tyro Stakes as a 47-1 longshot in his only career start, and Richard Ravin...
September 9, 2015
Saratoga Stakes Winner Just Wicked Headlines Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 Pocahontas
Ron Winchell’s Just Wicked, impressive winner of the $200,000 Adirondack (Grade II) at Saratoga four weeks ago, headlines a field of eight 2-year-old fillies entered for Saturday’s 47th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas (GII) at Churchill...
September 9, 2015
Black-Eyed Susan Champ Keen Pauline Meets Elders in Locust Grove; Spelling Again on the Rise in Open Mind
Meetings between rising 3-year-olds and more mature and accomplished elders during the late summer and fall are anticipated events in any racing year and that scenario is set for Saturday at Churchill Downs when Stonestreet Stable’s Keen Pauline,...
September 8, 2015
Racing Returns to Churchill Downs on Friday, Sept. 11 for 11-Date September Meet
Racing returns to Churchill Downs on Friday, Sept. 11 with a 10-race program at 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its third September Meet for an action-packed 11-date run through Sunday, Sept. 27.
Inaugurated by...
September 2, 2015
Get to Know Fort Larned
Get to Know Champion Fort Larned
Breeder: Janis Whitham
Owner: Janis Whitham
Trainer: Ian Wilkes
Jockey: Brian Hernandez Jr.
Pedigree:
Bred in Kentucky
Sire: E Dubai
Dam: Arlucea
Foal Date: April 14, 2008
Bio:
1st in the 2012 Grade 1 Breeders'...
September 1, 2015
Churchill Downs Announces $18 Million in Upgrades to Iconic Track
Latest Capital Improvement Project Scheduled for Completion by 2016 Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015) – Churchill Downs Racetrack, one of the world’s most recognized sports venues and home of the Kentucky Derby, has...
August 24, 2015
Kentucky Derby Announces New Ticket Technology Partner and Newly Redesigned Website
Churchill Downs Racetrack (CDRT) today announced a partnership with Ticketmaster to make purchasing Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks tickets online easy and reliable for fans across the country. The introduction of a new ticketing solutions provider coincides...
August 12, 2015
Points for $2 Million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Doubled for 2015-16 'Road to the Kentucky Derby' Series
Points for the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I), the nation’s most lucrative race for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds, have been doubled for the 2015-16 Road to the Kentucky Derby – the series of 35 select races that...
