Kentucky Derby News

The following is a statement from Churchill Downs Racetrack President Mike Anderson on the passing of owner and breeder B. Wayne Hughes of Spendthrift Farm. He was 87.
“The entire Churchill Downs family was saddened to learn about the passing of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021) – Thoroughbred Racing will meet Louisville Cardinal Basketball on Saturday, September 18 when Louisville Live, the University of Louisville’s annual preseason basketball event, comes to Downs After...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Aug. 6, 2021) – Churchill Downs will present 22 stakes events that total $7.01 million during the second half of the year.

The 12-date September Meet (Sept. 16-Oct. 3) will showcase 11 stakes races cumulatively worth $3.26...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, July 28, 2021) – Churchill Downs announced three major multi-year capital investments to transform key areas at the home of the Kentucky Derby. These projects will ultimately provide new, unique and extraordinary guest...

Bettors have a lucrative $166,087 carryover in the Derby City 6 to chase Saturday at Churchill Downs for the 12-race closing day program.
There is a mandatory payout in Saturday’s 20-cent all-stakes Derby City 6, which covers Races 7-12 starting...

Maxfield delivered a brilliant turn of foot around the final turn to comfortably grab the lead in Saturday’s 40th running of the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) at Churchill Downs as the 4-year-old colt collected his sixth career stakes win while...

St. George Stable’s multiple Grade I winner Letruska, widely regarded as the nation’s top filly or mare, headlines a compact field of six in Saturday’s 46th running of the $300,000 Fleur de Lis (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
The Fleur...

Godolphin’s multiple graded stakes-winning homebred Maxfield leads a field of nine older horses that were entered in Saturday afternoon’s featured 40th running of the $600,000 Stephen Foster (Grade II) – one of seven stakes events on...

Deuce Greathouse and Cindy Hutson’s Churchill Downs debut winner Ontheonesandtwos tops a field of 10 2-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s 120th running of the $150,000 Debutante (Listed) beneath the historic Twin Spires.
The...

Robert Masterson’s 2 ½-length debut winner Glacial along with Winchell Thoroughbreds’ 1 ¾-length victor Red Run and Willis Horton Racing’s 1 ½-length first-out winner Lansdowne top a field of 11 2-year-olds that...