Kentucky Derby News

Miguel Mena, one of the winningest jockeys in Churchill Downs history and a two-time winner of the prestigious Stephen Foster Stakes, was killed in a pedestrian accident on westbound I-64 between Blakenbaker Parkway and Hurstbourne Lane in Louisville...

With rain moving out of the Louisville area Saturday afternoon, trainer Brad Cox’s Breeders’ Cup stars Essential Quality (five furlongs, :59.40), Knicks Go (five furlongs, 1:01.20) and Shedaresthedevil (five furlongs, 1:00.80) logged their...

Howling Time, the cleverly-named 2-year-old out of the mare Werewolf, was a popular hunch bet on Halloween at Churchill Downs as the 9-5 favorite rolled home to a 3 ¼-length win over Red Danger in Sunday’s ninth running of the $200,000 Street...

Susan Moulton’s Sandstone dictated the pace, turned back a challenge from 3-5 favorite Yuugiri at the top of the stretch and drew away inside the final furlong to comfortably win Sunday’s ninth running of the $197,500 Rags to Riches for 2-year-old...

On a crisp, fall morning beneath the Twin Spires, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (Grade I) contender Got Stormy along with $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) competitor Juju’s Map logged their final works at Churchill Downs...

Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 132nd Fall Meet with an 11-race program – all for promising 2-year-old Thoroughbreds – at 1 p.m. (all...

more in every race,” trainer Brad Cox said. “I thought his race in the Travers was a tremendous effort to run down (Midnight Bourbon). He’s a really nice horse in his own right.
“The distance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic...

It was the perfect start to racing Saturday at Churchill Downs where 3-year-old colt Cody’s Wish, named after 15-year-old Cody Dorman who suffers from the rare genetic disorder Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, recorded his first lifetime victory.
“This...

In the midst of a milestone-filled 2021, Steve Asmussen became the first trainer in Churchill Downs history to saddle 800 winners beneath the Twin Spires when promising 2-year-old Dr. Perry won Saturday’s sixth race.
Asmussen, who scored his record-breaking...

Korea Racing Authority’s trailblazer Knicks Go, the top-rated horse for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I), went right to the front and never looked back as he easily dismissed his five rivals to win Saturday’s $337,000...