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Latest News May 27, 2024

More Than 30 Years, Under 30 Stalls -- Saluting Veteran Trainer Steve Margolis

Trainer Steve Margolis has been a fixture on the Churchill Downs backstretch for more than two decades. Despite his string of 40-50 horses shrinking to just six this year, Margolis remains determined to rebuild his stable back to the numbers it once was.
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Stakes Advance May 26, 2024

Heavenly Sunday Takes On Defending Champion Henrietta Topham

Churchill Downs Stakes Advance and Update: Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Heavenly Sunday Takes On Defending Champion Henrietta Topham in Sunday's Grade III, $250,000 Old

Stakes Recap May 25, 2024

Atomic Blonde Runs Down Favored Chop Chop to Win $234,500 Keertana Stakes

West Point Thoroughbreds, Christophe Clement and Winters Equine’s Atomic Blonde (GER) surged late to get by heavy favorite Chop Chop and win Saturday’s 11th running of the $234,500 Keertana Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
 
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Stakes Advance May 25, 2024

Stephen Foster Preview Day Stakes Advances

GRADE I WINNER TAPIT TRICE SET FOR 4-YEAR-OLD DEBUT IN $275,000 BLAME STAKES – Whisper Hill Farm and Gainesway Stable’s highly-regarded 4-year-old colt Tapit Trice, the winner of the 2023 Blue Grass (Grade I) and seventh-place finisher of the Kentucky...

Latest News May 24, 2024

'Cookin' Wit Cat' -- Catalano Shares Barbecue Tips Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend

Churchill Downs Update: 'Cookin' Wit Cat' - Catalano Shares Barbecue Tips Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend

Latest News May 23, 2024

Churchill Downs Update: Doyle Returns to Riding at Churchill Downs for First Time Since Becoming a Mom

Churchill Downs Update: Doyle Returns to Riding at Churchill Downs for First Time Since Becoming a Mom

Stakes Advance May 22, 2024

Churchill Downs Stakes Advance: Dazzling Blue Leads Grade III Winning Colors

Dazzling Blue Leads Talented Cast of 11 Female Sprinters in Monday's Grade III, $250,000 Winning Colors

Stakes Recap May 18, 2024

Churchill Downs Stakes Recap and Quotes: Louisville Stakes

Sugoi Goes All the Way in Grade III, $241,250 Louisville Stakes

Latest News May 17, 2024

Churchill Downs Update: Stakes Company Could Be In Future for Dominant Allowance Winner Champlin

Stakes Company Could Be in Future For Dominant Allowance Winner Champlin

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