Stakes Recap

Churchill Downs Racetrack (“Churchill Downs”) invites the community to enjoy a day at the track during Kentucky Derby Week with the return of Sunday racing. Guests wearing an official 2026 Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Pin will receive free general...

Business is picking up at trainer Brad Cox’s Barn 22 at Churchill Downs where Wathnan Racing’s Florida Derby (GI) winner Commandment (four furlongs in :48.40) and St. Elias Stable and Starlight Racing’s Jeff Ruby Steaks (GIII) winner Fulleffort...

Chester Browman Sr.’s Wood Memorial (Grade II) runner-up Right to Party was made one of five late Triple Crown nominees through a late $6,000 payment that was due Monday.
 
The other late nominees (pending late mail) are Cypress Creek Equine and...

Mike Battaglia, who has served as Churchill Downs’ morning line oddsmaker for more than five decades, will retire from the role ahead of the 44-day Spring Meet, ending a remarkable 51-year run.
 
Battaglia had been responsible for setting the morning...

“Inside Churchill Downs,” the popular weekly horse racing radio show, returns for its 12th season Friday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN Louisville’s ESPN 680/105.7.
 
Co-hosted by Churchill Downs Racetrack’s Communications Team – Darren Rogers and...

Four weeks remain until the first Saturday in May and Saturday’s trio of Championship Series races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby is set to finalize much of the field for Kentucky Derby 152 on May 2.
Saturday’s $1.25 million Blue Grass (GI) at...

Four weeks remain until Kentucky Derby 152, and fans will have their final opportunity to wager on the race prior to the first Saturday in May when Pool 6 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager runs Thursday through Saturday with Arkansas Derby (GI) winner...

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, television personality, and entrepreneur Camille Kostek, alongside Emmy Award-winning studio analyst, media personality and NFL alumnus Nate Burleson, will be the celebrity hosts at Sports Illustrated’s Club SI, the...

Churchill Downs Racetrack has unveiled its third annual Kentucky Derby Style Guide to inspire fans as they plan their race day looks ahead of the 152nd Run for the Roses that takes place Saturday, May 2. Style correspondent, trusted red carpet authority...

The Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic, which annually precedes the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May, is now worth $1.5 million. The $500,000 boost to the 1 1/8-mile grass race for older horses is one of 16 stakes races that received a purse...