Kentucky Derby News

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...

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.
The...