Kentucky Derby News

November 2, 2014

Molly Morgan Shines Under The Lights in Churchill Downs' Grade II Chilukki

Bill Cubbedge’s multiple graded stakes winner Molly Morgan shined again under the lights at Churchill Downs with a 2 ¼-length romp over Street Girl in Saturday’s 29th running of the $237,510 Chilukki (Grade II) for fillies and mares.
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November 2, 2014

Molly Morgan Exits Chilukki in Good Order; Points to Fall City Handicap

Bill Cubbedge’s Molly Morgan, who collected her third graded stakes win of the year on Saturday with a 2 ¼-length victory in the $237,510 Chilukki (Grade II), exited the one-mile race for fillies and mares in good order and will be pointed...

November 1, 2014

Grade I Winner Personal Diary Heads 49 Nominations to Grade II Mrs. Revere

G. Watts Humphrey Jr. and St. George Farm Racing LLC’s Grade I winner Personal Diary headlines a cast of 49 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $200,000-added Mrs. Revere (Grade II) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Nov. 15.
Named for the filly that...

October 31, 2014

Santana Confident in His Pair of Saturday Breeders' Cup Runners

Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. will be on a plane shortly after Friday’s Churchill Downs race card, headed to Santa Anita Park where he will ride in his second Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Panama-native will ride...

October 30, 2014

Special Post Times, Drink Offers at Churchill Downs on Friday (2 p.m. ET) & Saturday (2:15 p.m. ET) for Breeders' Cup Simulcast

Churchill Downs will have special post times for its 10-race programs on Friday (Nov. 1) and Saturday (Nov. 2) so the races coincide but don’t overlap with a simulcast of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Santa Anita.
Friday’s...

October 30, 2014

Leparoux Ready for His Ninth Breeders' Cup World Championships

Fresh off of collecting his 2,000th career win on Wednesday at Churchill Downs, jockey Julien Leparoux will depart for California upon the conclusion of Thursday’s local racing action to compete in his ninth Breeders’ Cup World Championships...

October 29, 2014

Churchill Downs Plans to Enhance Experience for Derby and Oaks Owners with $4.2 Million Winner's Circle Suites and Courtyard

Churchill Downs Racetrack plans to enhance the experience for owners that start horses in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the Longines Kentucky Oaks through a $4.2 million capital improvement project that includes the construction of 20...

October 29, 2014

Churchill Downs Plans to Enhance Experience for Derby and Oaks Owners with Construction of All-Inclusive Winner's Circle Suites

$4.2 Million Capital Improvement Project Includes New Courtyard, Remodeled Winner’s Circle
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014) – Churchill Downs Racetrack plans to enhance the experience for owners that start horses in the Kentucky...

October 29, 2014

Grade I Winner Spring In The Air Aims For Millionaire Status In Saturday's Grade II Chilukki

John C. Oxley’s Spring in the Air, a Grade I winner at 2 and a consistent player in graded stakes events in her two subsequent seasons of racing, will bid for millionaire status when she takes on nine accomplished rivals in Saturday’s 29th...

October 29, 2014

Molly Morgan Looks to Return to Winning Ways in Chilukki

Coming off a third-place effort in the Spinster (Grade I) at Keeneland in her last outing, Bill Cubbedge’s Molly Morgan will look to return to her winning ways in Saturday’s $200,000-added Chilukki (GII) at Churchill Downs for trainer Dale...

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