Kentucky Derby News

Charles Fipke’s Grade I-winning homebred Seeking the Soul remains on track for the $600,000 Stephen Foster presented by GE Appliances (GII) on Saturday, June 15 following an easy half-mile move in :49.60 Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs.
“We’re...

Churchill Downs Racing Club’s recent Keeneland allowance winner Distant Shore is headed to Presque Isle Downs for Monday’s $100,000 Tom Ridge Stakes, a six-furlong contest over the synthetic track for 3-year-olds.
Trained by Tom Amoss, Distant...

2019 Spring Meet Features Two Themed Night Racing Parties: Woodstock and The Big Easy
LOUISVILLE, KY (Wednesday, May 15, 2019) Louisville’s favorite night racing party will take place twice this spring with Downs After Dark presented By Budweiser....

Fern Circle Stables, Stud TNT and Old Friends, Inc.’s Vettori Kin (BRZ) will defend his title in Saturday’s $100,000 Louisville Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
The Louisville at 1 ½ miles on turf is carded as Race 9 at 4:55...

Through the first nine days of the 2019 Spring Meet at Churchill Downs, jockey Gabriel Saez is proving “grit and determination” can lead to success after scoring nine victories, including a three-bagger on Saturday’s 11-race card, to...

Trainer Michelle Lovell remained jubilant Sunday morning at Churchill Downs following her first stakes victory beneath the Twin Spires Saturday with 35-1 longshot Change of Control in the inaugural running of the $100,000 Mamzelle Overnight Stakes.
“It...

Preakness Stakes (Grade I) contenders Owendale, Signalman and Warrior’s Charge topped Saturday morning’s work tab at Churchill Downs as the trio put in their final preparation for the second jewel in racing’s Triple Crown on May 18.
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Roddy Harrison’s Change of Control, the longest shot in the field at odds of 35-1, surged by favored Abyssinian in deep stretch to post a 1 ¾-length victory in the inaugural running of the $98,350 Mamzelle Overnight Stakes for 3-year-old...

Trainer Brad Cox’s duo of Lexington Stakes (Grade III) winner Owendale and allowance winner Warrior’s Charge, along with trainer Kenny McPeek’s Blue Grass Stakes (GII) third-place finisher Signalman, are scheduled to breeze Saturday...

Trainer Chelsey Coady rode her first pony, Ginger, before she could walk. Now, the 25-year-old Ocala, Fla.-native eyes her first starter as a trainer beneath the historic Twin Spires of Churchill Downs on Saturday.
“It’s been a pretty fun...