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June 16, 2011
Churchill Downs Raises Purses Again; 15% Jump for Final Three Weeks
For the second time in two weeks, Churchill Downs Racetrack will raise overnight race purses because of higher than expected all-sources wagering levels. Effective immediately (Thursday, June 16), overnight purses will increase 15 percent for the final...
June 16, 2011
Pletcher Workmates Bid for Stephen Foster Day Stakes Double
PLETCHER WORKMATES LOOK FOR STAKES DOUBLE, POSSIBLE TRIPLE -- The Todd Pletcher trained duo of Mission Impazible and Excited trained together in their final major work for stakes races on Saturday’s Stephen Foster Day Presented by Abu Dhabi...
June 15, 2011
Giant Oak, Crown of Thorns Head 30th Stephen Foster Handicap
The Virginia H. Tarra Trust’s two-time Grade I stakes winner Giant Oak and Spendthrift Farm LLC’s Crown of Thorns, back in top form after dealing with a string of injuries, head a deep and competitive field of 11 3-year-olds and up entered...
June 14, 2011
Downs After Dark Returns!
Louisville’s biggest summer parties return in earnest to Churchill Downs for the final three weeks of the Spring Meet as the historic home of the Kentucky Derby welcomes back its wildly-popular Downs After Dark nighttime racing programs Friday at...
June 14, 2011
Regal Ransom Back at 'Second Home,' Crown of Thorns Checks In
REGAL RANSOM RETURNS TO ‘SECOND HOME’ FOR FOSTER BID -- Godolphin Racing LLC’s Regal Ransom, a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $1.8 million who will run in Saturday’s $500,000-added Stephen Foster Presented...
June 13, 2011
Busy Sunday for Stephen Foster Contenders at Churchill
BUSY SUNDAY FOR STEPHEN FOSTER CONTENDERS – It was a busy Sunday morning for horses being pointed to compete in Saturday’s $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap Presented by Abu Dhabi (Grade I) as four contenders – including the Virginia...
June 13, 2011
Churchill Downs, Flanery Featured on Food Network's Cupcake Wars
Food Network’s popular series, Cupcake Wars, will kick off their Season 3 premiere with an episode featuring Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs racetrack president Kevin Flanery traveled to Los Angeles in mid-March to...
June 13, 2011
Injury Knocks Bind Out of Saturday's Matt Winn
HIGHLY REGARDED BIND OUT OF MATT WINN WITH FRACTURE, PROBABLY OUT FOR YEAR – An injury suffered during a Monday workout has taken Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider’s highly regarded Bind out of consideration for Saturday’s $125,000-added...
June 12, 2011
Mad Flatter Wins Sunday Feature
Mad Flatter, ridden by Jon Court, took command of the six-horse field on the backstretch and never looked back while winning Sunday’s $51,284 featured allowance race at Churchill Downs by 1 ¾ lengths over Moe Man.
Trained by Jeff Thornbury,...
June 11, 2011
Abu Dhabi Is Presenting Sponsor of Stephen Foster Day, Race
Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, will join with Churchill Downs to play a major role in one of the historic track’s most important racing days as the emirate will partner with the home of the Kentucky Derby as presenting sponsor for...