Kentucky Derby News

Magdalena Racing’s Dothraki Queen was last with three furlongs to run in Saturday’s 47th running of the $200,000 Pocahontas (Grade II) at Churchill Downs, but the 2-year-old filly rallied through a narrow opening along the inside rail, grabbed...

Cocked and Loaded, who was coming off back-to-back losses in stakes races in New York and Chicago, is now the points leader on the 2016 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” following a strong return-to-form two-length victory under jockey Emmanuel...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.
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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'...

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...