Kentucky Derby News

November 18, 2020

T. Kevin Flanery, President of Churchill Downs Racetrack, to Retire at Year-End

Flanery Has Served as the 13th Track President Since 2009
LOUISVILLE, KY., (November 18, 2020) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI” or “the Company”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced today that after 11 years at the helm of the...

November 15, 2020

Murrill Hopes to Continue Kentucky Success at Fair Grounds

Jockey Mitchell Murrill has enjoyed a lucrative first year riding fulltime in Kentucky recording 15 wins at Churchill Downs and finishing in the top three in 52 of his last 100 starts. Now the Alabama-native will roll into Fair Grounds with hopes to continue...

November 15, 2020

Murrill Hopes to Continue Kentucky Success at Fair Grounds

Jockey Mitchell Murrill has enjoyed a lucrative first year riding fulltime in Kentucky recording 15 wins at Churchill Downs and finishing in the top three in 52 of his last 100 starts. Now the Alabama-native will roll into Fair Grounds with hopes to continue...

November 14, 2020

Geroux Riding Breeders' Cup Success at Churchill Downs

Jockey Florent Geroux’s success after last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships continued at Churchill Downs as he vaulted to the top of the rider standings after he won with seven of his last 11 mounts beneath the Twin Spires....

November 14, 2020

Princess Grace Wins Grade III, $200,000 Mrs. Revere

Princess Grace put away pacesetter Positive Danger around the far turn and opened a clear lead in the stretch to comfortably win Saturday’s 30th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by 2 ¾ lengths over a closing...

November 14, 2020

Geroux Riding Breeders' Cup Success at Churchill Downs

Jockey Florent Geroux’s success after last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships continued at Churchill Downs as he vaulted to the top of the rider standings after he won with seven of his last 11 mounts beneath the Twin Spires....

November 14, 2020

Princess Grace Wins Grade III, $200,000 Mrs. Revere

Princess Grace put away pacesetter Positive Danger around the far turn and opened a clear lead in the stretch to comfortably win Saturday’s 30th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by 2 ¾ lengths over a closing...

November 13, 2020

Grade I Clark Field Begins to Take Shape

The marquee race of the 2020 Fall Meet is the Grade I, $500,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare on Friday, Nov. 27. Nominations for the 1 1/8-mile race are due Saturday but several horses are ramping up their preparation for the race including two-time...

November 13, 2020

Grade I Clark Field Begins to Take Shape

The marquee race of the 2020 Fall Meet is the Grade I, $500,000 Clark presented by Norton Healthcare on Friday, Nov. 27. Nominations for the 1 1/8-mile race are due Saturday but several horses are ramping up their preparation for the race including two-time...

November 11, 2020

Valley View Winner Stunning Sky Tops Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 Mrs. Revere

Paradise Farm Corp. and Parkland Thoroughbreds’ $150,000 Valley View (Grade III) winner Stunning Sky leads a competitive field of seven 3-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s 30th running of the $200,000 Mrs. Revere (GII) at Churchill...

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