Kentucky Derby News

A jump in class to graded stakes company wasn’t an issue for the streaking 5-year-old mare Honey Bunny, who rallied past Astrollinthepark and pacesetter Upset Brewing in deep stretch to win Saturday’s 16th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors...

WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International and SF Racing’s Oaklawn Handicap (Grade II) winner Quip is at Keeneland preparing for a start in the $600,000 Stephen Foster presented by GE Appliances (GII) on June 15, and trainer Rodolphe Brisset believes...

One of the longest-tenured trainers on the backstretch of Churchill Downs is Charles “Scooter” Dickey. At age 78, Dickey continues to train horses and is always searching for the next star to join his stable.
“This truly is the good...

Multiple stakes winner Let It Ride Mom will seek her first victory on dirt in Saturday’s $100,000 Winning Colors (GIII) at Churchill Downs.
Let It Ride Mom was based at Woodbine for the majority of 2018 and had plans to join trainer Mark Casse’s...

Live Oak Plantation’s multiple stakes-winning mare Let It Ride Mom heads a competitive field of 12 filly and mare sprinters that were entered in Saturday’s 16th running of the $100,000 Winning Colors (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
The six-furlong...

Jockey Tyler Gaffalione returned back to his “new home” in the Churchill Downs jockey colony following his victory aboard War of Will in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (Grade I) at Pimlico Race Course.
Gaffalione, a 24-year-old native...

Veteran trainer Greg Foley, who ranks eighth in all-time wins at Churchill Downs with 416, began the 2019 Spring Meet on a tear with six wins and hitting the board with 54% of his starters though the first 13 days of the 38-day season.
“We’ve...

Canadian-invader Tiz a Slam led every step of the way in Saturday’s 82nd running of the $100,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs and turned back fierce challenges in deep stretch from Shahroze (IRE), Nessy and Vettori Kin (BRZ)...

The pageantry of the 144th running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (Grade I), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, will be featured prominently at Churchill Downs on Saturday with the simulcast of the 1 3/16-mile race scheduled for 6:48 p.m. (all...

Bring the Kids to the Track this Sunday to Meet Louisville City FC Stars in Person
LOUISVILLE, KY – Thursday, May 15, 2019 -- Churchill Downs will host two themed Family Adventure Days presented by Kroger during the 2019 Spring Meet. The first...