Kentucky Derby News

November 27, 2019

Rags to Riches Winner Finite Headlines Grade II, $300,000 Golden Rod

Winchell Thoroughbreds, Thomas Reiman, William Dickson and Deborah Easter’s impressive $123,859 Rags to Riches winner Finite tops a field of eight 2-year-old fillies that were entered in Saturday’s 76th running of the $300,000 Golden Rod (Grade...

November 27, 2019

Churchill Downs Barn Notes -- Wednesday, Nov. 27

G M B Racing’s $300,000 Fayette (GII) winner Tom’s d’Etat has been installed as the 8-5 morning line favorite as he readies to take on 11 rivals in Friday’s 145th edition of the Grade I, $600,000 Clark Presented by Norton Healthcare.
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November 27, 2019

Churchill Downs Hires Equine Medical Director

Dr. William Farmer to Oversee Safety at All Churchill Downs Incorporated Racetracks

LOUISVILLE, Ky., (November 27, 2019) – Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced today the hiring of William E. Farmer, DVM as...

November 24, 2019

Tom's d'Etat, Seeking the Soul Clash in Friday's Grade I, $600,000 Clark

G M B Racing’s multiple graded stakes winner Tom’s d’Etat is set to bid for Grade I glory in Friday’s $600,000 Clark Presented by Norton Healthcare (GI) against Charles Fipke’s 2017 Clark champion Seeking the Soul and 10...

November 24, 2019

Brown Stablemates New and Improved, Nay Lady Nay Top Grade II, $300,000 Mrs. Revere

Trainer Chad Brown’s duo of Klaravich Stables $200,000 Sands Point (Grade II) winner New and Improved and First Row Partners and Hidden Brook Farm’s $75,000 Parx Fall Oaks victor Nay Lady Nay (IRE) will invade Churchill Downs from New York...

November 23, 2019

'Battle Tested' Tiz the Law Finalizes Prep for Kentucky Jockey Club

Sakatoga Stable will be back in the limelight at Churchill Downs for the first time since Funny Cide’s 2003 Kentucky Derby (Grade I) victory. The partnership’s promising 2-year-old colt Tiz the Law finalized his preparation toward next Saturday’s...

November 23, 2019

Stakes Winners Sally's Curlin, Go Google Yourself to Meet in Grade II Falls City

CJ Thoroughbreds, Left Turn Racing and Casner Racing’s $200,000 Chilukki (Grade II) winner Sally’s Curlin will face eight rivals, including Jay Em Ess Stables’ $175,000 Locust Grove (GIII) hero Go Google Yourself, in Thursday’s...

November 21, 2019

University of Louisville Graduate Jason Barkley a Promising Star in Horse Racing

University of Louisville graduate Jason Barkley is quickly moving up the training ranks at Churchill Downs as the 30-year-old conditioner leads a “new wave” of horse trainers in Kentucky.
“There are a lot of us here in Kentucky that...

November 19, 2019

Leading Thoroughbred Racing Organizations Launch Safety Coalition

Leading Thoroughbred Racing Organizations Launch Safety Coalition

LEXINGTON (November 19, 2019) – The nation’s leading Thoroughbred racing organizations today announced the creation of an industry-led effort to unify and enhance existing...

November 16, 2019

Drury Finding Success Splitting Time Between Skylight, Churchill Downs as Small Stable Produces Big Numbers

Through the back roads of rural Highway 42, just past Goshen, Ky., lies Skylight Training Center – the place trainer Tommy Drury has called home for more than 30 years.
Drury’s small stable of about 20 horses has primarily operated from...

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