Kentucky Derby News

With one card left in the racing week at Churchill Downs, here’s a look back at the highlights since Wednesday, including the 28th Claiming Crown on Saturday, when Kerness K won his 12th straight race, Miracle Ball made it seven in a row and the Derby...

Groveland chased pacesetter Indy Charges On, took the lead leaving the final turn and kicked clear in the stretch to defeat Expect the Best by 3 ¼ lengths and win Saturday’s $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Churchill Downs – the most lucrative of...

Gabriel “Spider” Duignan’s Echo Sound tracked pacesetter Mystic Lake, grabbed a narrow advantage leaving the turn and gamely turned back a fierce challenge from Justinqueso to win Saturday’s 21st running of the $300,000 Dream Supreme (Listed)...

C R K Stable’s American Turf (Grade I) runner-up Remember Mamba is set to return to Churchill Downs and face a competitive field of nine 3-year-olds that entered next Saturday’s 21st running of the $300,000 Commonwealth Turf (GIII).
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The 28th Claiming Crown drew 113 entries for its return to Churchill Downs on Saturday when some of North America’s top blue-collar Thoroughbreds will compete in nine supercharged starter allowances worth a combined $1.2 million.
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Horses that have raced from Emerald Downs in Washington to Palermo in Argentina will converge at Churchill Downs on Saturday for the 28th Claiming Crown, which features nine supercharged starter allowance races worth a combined $1.2 million.
 
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Nominations are now open for the inaugural 2027 Thoroughbred Championship Series (“TCS”), the new 10-race championship series created by Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) and The New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”).
 
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Jockey Victor Carrasco doesn’t have much use for a day off when there are opportunities to be had at racetracks and training centers across Kentucky.
Carrasco came to Kentucky last winter after more than a decade riding in Maryland. This fall, he’s...

Before Sunday’s 10-race card wraps the second week at Churchill Downs’ Fall Meet, here’s a look back at the prior four days that saw Viking and Mercante win Saturday’s stakes, apprentice jockey Yomar Ortiz Jr. ride seven winners and Florent Geroux...

Carl Pollard’s 6-year-old homebred gelding Mercante went straight to the front and outlasted a constant threat from 2-1 favorite Kupuna to prevail in Saturday’s 47th running of the $300,000 River City (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
 
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