Kentucky Derby News

In the Oaks, Secret Oath made a five-wide sweeping move on the far turn and then passed Echo Zulu at the three-sixteenths pole en route to a 2-length victory over favored Nest, igniting a rivalry. She gave Lukas a record-tying fifth Kentucky Oaks victory...

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.
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Perhaps Seek Gold’s win might have been better expected. In the 2004 Clark H. (G2), also at Churchill, he closed from far back, edging by Perfect Drift to beat all the field except for Saint Liam, who was later named 2005 Horse of the Year.
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Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced today that Churchill Downs Racetrack (“Churchill Downs”) has entered an agreement with Woodford Reserve® Kentucky Bourbon (“Woodford...

The promising 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly stamped herself as a divisional leader and tantalizing prospect for the Longines Kentucky Oaks as she easily won Saturday’s 79th running of the $400,000 Golden Rod (Grade II) at Churchill Downs with...

In a thrilling run down the Churchill Downs stretch, Godolphin’s 4-year-old homebred colt Proxy was able to run down pacesetter West Will Power inside the final sixteenth of mile and win Friday’s 148th running of the $750,000 Clark presented...

Rigney Racing’s Played Hard broke on top, dictated the pace and turned back challenges at the top of the stretch from Bellamore and Moon Swag to draw clear late and win Thursday’s 107th running of the $485,000 Falls City (Grade III), the traditional...

RED-TR Racing’s Kentucky Derby (Grade I) hero Rich Strike will return to Churchill Downs and face a compact field of seven entered in Friday’s 148th running of the $750,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare (GI).
The 1 1/8-mile Clark,...

Rigney Racing’s Played Hard , winner of the $400,000 Locust Grove (Grade III), will headline a field of six fillies and mares that were entered in Thanksgiving Day’s 107th running of the $500,000 Falls City (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
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