Kentucky Derby News
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...
August 7, 2015
RIT 'Big Shot' Community Photo Project Headed To Churchill Downs Oct. 3
The next RIT Big Shot promises to be a beautiful photo finish when Rochester Institute of Technology’s longtime community photography project captures a spectacular nighttime image of a national icon –Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the...
July 7, 2015
Churchill Downs Distributes More Than $220,000 in Kentucky Derby, Oaks-Related Donations To Charity Partners
Charity partners who worked with Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”) during this spring’s 141st annual celebrations of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and Longines Kentucky Oaks were presented with donation checks for their...
June 30, 2015
$175,000 Lukas Classic and Road to Kentucky Derby, Oaks Iroquois, Pocahontas Top $1.025 Million September Stakes
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a four-time winner of both the Kentucky Derby (Grade I) and Kentucky Oaks (GI), will be honored by Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”) with the naming of a stakes race to be run during its upcoming September...
