Kentucky Derby News

Odds-on 3-5 favorite Eclatant, winner of the Grade I Madison at Keeneland in April, needed every bit of the 1,234.5-foot stretch at Churchill Downs to narrowly surge past 10-1 Foie Gras in the final jump and win Saturday night’s 36th renewal of the...

The world’s top dirt horses are set to converge beneath the historic Twin Spires next Saturday when reigning Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby (Grade I) winner Sovereignty, Dubai World Cup (GI) winner Magnitude, Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) and Pegasus...

Several horses nominated to stakes races on next Saturday’s Stephen Foster Day program continued their preparations Friday morning at Churchill Downs, highlighted by graded stakes winners Cornucopian and Mercante among 117 horses that recorded published...

Tickets for the September and Fall racing meets at Churchill Downs are now on sale at https://www.churchilldowns.com/tickets. Guests also may call (502) 636-4450 or email groupsales@kyderby.com.
 
The 14-date September Meet is scheduled for Sept....

Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) winner and Pegasus World Cup (GI) hero White Abarrio completed his final major preparation for the $2 million Stephen Foster (GI) on June 27 at Churchill Downs with a half-mile breeze in :49.81 Thursday at Gulfstream Park.
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With only two weeks remaining in the Churchill Downs Spring Meet, racing fans will have no shortage of entertainment this week as Downs After Dark returns Saturday with a patriotic America250 celebration, Twilight Thursday honors local educators; and...

Grade I winner Burnham Square returned to Skylight Training Center in nearby Goshen, Ky. on Sunday following his hard-fought victory in Saturday’s $217,500 Chorleywood Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs and will target the $1 million Arlington Million...

Grade I winner Burnham Square continued his raid of turf marathons in Kentucky with a hard-fought neck triumph over Chapman’s Peak in Saturday’s fourth running of the $217,500 Chorleywood Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
 
Trained by Ian Wilkes,...

Grade I winners Usha and Eclatant will square off beneath the Twin Spires next Saturday night when they face six other filly and mare sprinters entered in the 36th running of the $300,000 Chicago Stakes (Grade II) at Churchill Downs.
The seven-furlong...

Following a 35-year riding career that included more than 5,000 victories, jockey Corey Lanerie announced he will retire at the conclusion of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet on Sunday, June 28.
Lanerie, 51, will leave the sport with mounts that earned...