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The stars of Saturday’s $2 million Stephen Foster (Grade I) have assembled beneath the Twin Spires as reigning Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby (GI) winner Sovereignty, Grade I winner Baeza and...

The Stephen Foster Stakes purse increased from $1 million to $2 million in 2026, helping create a championship-caliber field led by Sovereignty, White Abarrio, Magnitude and Baeza at Churchill Downs.

The 2026 Stephen Foster Stakes field features Horse of the Year Sovereignty, Breeders' Cup Classic winner White Abarrio, Dubai World Cup champion Magnitude and a talented group of Grade 1 contenders competing for a $2 million purse and a Breeders' Cup...

Grahm Grace Stables’ Knicks Go Stakes (Listed) winner Tour Player returns to action next Sunday at Churchill Downs where he’ll face a high-caliber field of 10 milers entered in the 73rd running of the $300,000 Hanshin Stakes presented by JRA (Grade...

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...