Kentucky Derby News

Multiple Grade I winner Guarana made a triumphant return to racing Thursday at Churchill Downs when she rocketed past pacesetter Sunny Dale at the top of the stretch and defeated Please Flatter Me by 5 ¼ lengths in the $74,691 feature.
Off since...

William S. Farish’s homebred 4-year-old filly Royal Flag won her third consecutive start when she ran down Sara Sea and held off a late run by Saracosa to win Sunday’s $83,656 feature at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
Trained by four-time...

Churchill Downs Racetrack today announced that the Ohio Derby has been added to the extension of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.”
The Ohio Derby presented by TwinSpires.com (Grade III) will be run for 3-year-old...

Secret Message edged La Signare (FR) by a head at the wire in a thrilling finish to Saturday’s 44th running of the $100,000 Old Forester Mint Julep (Grade III) at Churchill Downs. It was another neck back to Zofelle (IRE) in third with She’sonthewarpath...

Bob Lothenbach’s Bell’s the One displayed a powerful late kick in the Churchill Downs stretch to run down speedy pacesetter Break Even and win Saturday’s 17th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors presented by Finlandia (Grade III)...

Several 3-year-olds have raised their profiles with wins during the Churchill Downs Spring Meet, but one deserves mention for a fine comeback effort in defeat – Meru.
Trained by Jorge Duarte for Colts Neck Stables, Meru returned to action in the...

Churchill Downs veteran trainer Dallas Stewart spent the late 1980s traveling the country with Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas’ Kentucky Derby-winning filly Winning Colors. A former exercise rider and assistant trainer for Lukas, Stewart used to gallop...

Calumet Farm’s 4-year-old homebred colt Lexitonian repelled a challenge by 8-5 favorite and Grade I winner Hog Creek Hustle in deep stretch to win Friday’s $85,541 feature at Churchill Downs by three-quarters of length.
Trained by Jack Sisterson...

For more than three decades the Klein Family Racing Stable has been synonymous with success at Churchill Downs. On Saturday, the current patriarch of the family, Richard, hopes that his family’s homebred Break Even will return to graded stakes glory...

Roddy Harrison’s Change of Control slid up the inside rail to collar eight-time stakes winner Morticia with a sixteenth of a mile to run and held off late runs by Midnight Fantasy and Miss Gossip (IRE) to win Thursday’s $76,814 feature race...