Kentucky Derby News

Trainer Brad Cox kicked off Kentucky Derby week in style when Klein Racing’s homebred Field Day rallied from last to win Saturday’s featured $150,000 William Walker Overnight Stakes on Opening Night of the 2021 Spring Meet before 11,505 fans...

April 22, 2021. Louisville, KY. Kentucky Derby Festival (“KDF”) is launching the Derby Equity and Community Initiative, (“DECI” or “the Initiative”), with support from Churchill Downs and Humana Inc. This partnership...

Before the first race is run Saturday on Opening Night of the 38-day Spring Meet, Churchill Downs Racetrack has announced that purses will be raised an additional $3.1 million thanks to robust business from state-of-the-art historical racing machines...

April 22, 2021. Louisville, KY. Kentucky Derby Festival (“KDF”) is launching the Derby Equity and Community Initiative, (“DECI” or “the Initiative”), with support from Churchill Downs and Humana Inc. This partnership...

Before the first race is run Saturday on Opening Night of the 38-day Spring Meet, Churchill Downs Racetrack has announced that purses will be raised an additional $3.1 million thanks to robust business from state-of-the-art historical racing machines...

Lothenbach Stables’ Ry’s the Guy, a front-running 4 ¾-length winner of last year’s Champions Day feature, headlines a field eight older runners entered for next Tuesday’s third running of the $130,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon...

Lothenbach Stables’ Ry’s the Guy, a front-running 4 ¾-length winner of last year’s Champions Day feature, headlines a field eight older runners entered for next Tuesday’s third running of the $130,000 Isaac Murphy Marathon...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, April 21, 2021) – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced today that this year’s Kentucky Derby Week programming will introduce “Champions for Change” on Tuesday, April 27. Champions Day presented by TwinSpires...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, April 21, 2021) – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced today that this year’s Kentucky Derby Week programming will introduce “Champions for Change” on Tuesday, April 27. Champions Day presented by TwinSpires...

All Kentucky Derby Week stakes nominations, including the second closing of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade I) and $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI), close Saturday.
The second closing of the April 30 Longines Kentucky...