Kentucky Derby News

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 4, 2023) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) announced today the indefinite suspension of trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. until further notice. The suspension prohibits Joseph, or any trainer directly or...

Gun Runner, one of the best Thoroughbreds in the world during the past decade, has evolved into one of the leading North American sires of today. From his debut win under the storied Twin Spires to a final career win in the world’s richest race,...

Cody’s Wish, a horse with a heartwarming backstory who rose to prominence in 2022, has resumed training for his five-year-old debut.

The bay won his last four races, crowned by the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), for an overall record of 7-1-3...

Ice Box reached his apex in the Kentucky Derby (G1), rallying from nineteenth to finish second behind Super Saver in one of the unluckiest trips in the race’s history. This performance earned him top billing in the Belmont (G1), but the chestnut...

Serengeti Empress, one of the biggest stars in racing over the past five years, is the mother of a yearling, her first foal in her new career as a broodmare. In her first career, the dark bay won the Kentucky Oaks (G1), reached the Breeders’ Cup...

Eskenforit (Photo by Coady Photography/Churchill Downs)

On the list of track records ordered by distance, he sat next to Secretariat, the 1 1/4 mile champion.

Eskenforit hasn’t triumphed in a stakes race and has only won six of his 44 career...

Secret Oath’s 4-year-old season is off to a scintillating start with a 2 3/4 length romp in Oaklawn’s Azeri S. (G2). She bested multiple Grade 1 winner Clairiere and earned her first victory since triumphing in the 2022 Kentucky Oaks (G1),...

Led by the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) on Saturday, May 6, a record 50 stakes races that total $20.525 million will be staged at Churchill Downs Racetrack during the 44-day Spring Meet which spans April 29-July 3...

Tickets for Kentucky Derby Week and the entire 44-day Spring Meet at Churchill Downs go on sale Thursday (Feb. 2) at noon. The 149th Spring Meet at the historic Louisville racetrack spans nine weeks from April 29-July 3.
Kentucky Derby Week special events...

Long before trainer Ron Moquett saddled 2020 Champion Male Sprinter Whitmore, he earned his first Grade 1 win in astounding fashion with 91-1 longshot Seek Gold in the 2006 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
The six-year-old bay gelding was making...