Kentucky Derby News

October 29, 2014

Félicitations! Jockey Julien Leparoux Collects 2,000th Career Win

Jockey Julien Leparoux rode In My Time to a one-length win in Wednesday’s ninth race at Churchill Downs to secure his 2,000th career win.
It took Leparoux, a 31-year-old native of Senlis, France, 18 attempts to land the milestone since capturing...

October 26, 2014

Conquest Tsunami Rolls in Street Sense; West Coast Belle Romps in Rags to Riches in 'Stars of Tomorrow I'

Conquest Tsunami, a multiple stakes winner on synthetic surfaces, showed a fondness for Churchill Downs’ dirt with a 2 ¾-length, front-running victory over Nun the Less in Sunday’s second running of the $55,221 Street Sense, one of...

October 26, 2014

Grade I Winner Spring in the Air Returns to Dirt in Chilukki

John C. Oxley’s Spring in the Air, coming off a third-place effort in the Aug. 24 Seaway (Grade III) at Woodbine, will return to dirt in Saturday’s $200,000-added Chilukki (GII) at Churchill Downs for trainer Mark Casse.
The one-mile Chilukki...

October 25, 2014

StarLadies Partnership Seeks First Stakes Win in Opening Day Rags to Riches

StarLadies Racing will seek its first stakes win Sunday in the $58,000-added Rags to Riches at Churchill Downs with Hopefaithjoy for trainer Todd Pletcher.
The one-mile Rags to Riches is one of two stakes races on Sunday’s 10-race “Stars of...

October 24, 2014

Far Right Bids to Bounce Back for Moquett in Street Sense on Sunday's 'Stars of Tomorrow I'

Coming off a fourth-place effort in the Futurity (Grade II) at Belmont Park, Harry T. Rosenblum’s Far Right looks to return to his winning ways in the $58,000-added Street Sense at Churchill Downs for trainer Ron Moquett.
The one-mile Street Sense...

October 24, 2014

Future Equine Heroes In Spotlight as Churchill Downs Opens Fall Meet with 'Stars of Tomorrow I'

Churchill Downs Racetrack will raise the curtain on its 26-day Fall Meet on Sunday, Oct. 26 and focus its racing spotlight on Thoroughbred racing’s rising stars in the first of two popular “Stars of Tomorrow” racing cards devoted exclusively...

October 23, 2014

125th Fall Meet Opens Sunday for Action-Packed 26-Date, Five-Week Run

Cooler temperatures and the leaves changing colors signify the return of live horse racing to the Louisville area as Churchill Downs, the historic home of the Kentucky Derby, readies to open its 125th Fall Meet on Sunday, Oct. 26.
The popular 26-day stand,...

October 16, 2014

$500,000 Grade I Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare Heads Roster of Churchill Downs' Fall Meet Stakes Races

The 140th running of the $500,000-added Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) is the main event on a schedule of 13 stakes races that carry total purses of $2.032 million set for the 25-day Fall Meet at Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”)...

October 5, 2014

Don't Tell Sophia Returns in Style, Wins Locust Grove by 2 1/4 Lengths

Returning from a 175-day layoff, Don’t Tell Sophia rallied from last in a field of six fillies and mares to roll past Molly Morgan en route to a 2 ¼ length victory in the 31st running of the $108,200 Locust Grove on Saturday at Churchill...

September 28, 2014

Mott Won't Rule Out Breeders' Cup Classic for Cigar Street

After an impressive 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $135,500 Homecoming Classic, Hall of Fame conditioner Bill Mott was not ready to rule out the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) on Nov. 1 as the next start for Jake Ballis...

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