Kentucky Derby News

Churchill Downs Racetrack will host a Derby-sized job fair on Saturday (March 10) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to hire positions for the upcoming Kentucky Derby and Spring Meet.
Billed as the “Staff Call to Post,” Churchill Downs and its vendor...

Champion 2-year-old filly Caledonia Road, winner of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (Grade I) in November, tops the roster of 90 early nominations to the $1 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI), America’s premier race for 3-year-old...

Live Oak Plantation’s 2017 Champion Turf Male World Approval tops 62 older grass specialists that were nominated to compete in the newly-renamed $500,000 Old Forester Turf Classic (Grade I) at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. Formerly known...

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LOUISVILLE (February 8, 2018) – Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, announced today that tickets for the 2018...

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI or the Company) (NASDAQ: CHDN) announced today that it has made a donation of $25,000 to California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation (CTHF) to distribute to victims of the San Luis Rey Downs fire.
The December...

Visitation and a memorial service for Mike Hargrave, the former director of stabling for Churchill Downs Racetrack for nearly 40 years, will be held Wednesday in Jeffersonville, Ind. Hargrave passed awaySaturday in Louisville following a three-week battle...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2018) – Deteriorating travel conditions in advance of a forecasted winter storm have prompted Churchill Downs Racetrack to cancel simulcast wagering at the track on Friday, Jan. 12.

The track plans to resume simulcast...

After a damp and chilly start, Churchill Downs Racetrack’s 21-day Fall Meet gave way to a sunny Thanksgiving Week highlighted by a breakthrough triumph by Charles Fipke’s homebred Seeking the Soul in the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by...

Godolphin LLC’s 2-year-old homebred colt Enticed matched strides with Frank L. Jones Jr.’s Tiz Mischief in deep stretch and prevailed in a head bob at the finish to narrowly win Saturday’s thrilling 91st running of the $200,000 Kentucky...

Heading into the final day of racing of the 21-day Fall Meet, perennial top rider Corey Lanerie has clinched his 15th leading rider crown at Churchill Downs in the last.
Lanerie, 43, entered Sunday with 35 victories through 20 days of racing in the Fall...