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Stakes Advance September 8, 2025
Churchill Downs Stakes Advances: Ellis Park Juvenile Winner Comport Headlines Saturday's Grade III, $300,000 Iroquois -- One of Five Opening Weekend Stakes
The Road to Kentucky Derby 152 will begin Saturday at Churchill Downs where Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile winner Comport headlines a field of 10 aspiring 2-year-olds entered in the 44th running of the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III).
Run...
Latest News September 8, 2025
Churchill Downs News Release: Racing Returns to Churchill Downs Thursday at 5 p.m. for Action-Packed 14-Day September Meet
Horse racing on the Kentucky horse racing circuit shifts to Churchill Downs on Thursday with the first of three Twilight Thursday programs at 5 p.m. (all times Eastern) as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its 13th annual September Meet for an action-packed...
Features September 5, 2025
Churchill Downs to Debut $3 Late Pick 3 During September Meet
Churchill Downs will debut a special $3 Late Pick 3 during its September Meet, which opens Thursday for a 14-day run.
The wager, which carries a horseplayer-friendly 15-percent takeout, will be offered on the final three races of each card. All...
Latest News August 7, 2025
Churchill Downs News Release: Churchill Downs to Host 11 Stakes Worth $3.575 Million During 14-Day September Meet; Fall Meet to Features 16 Stakes Worth $5 Million
A stakes schedule packed with $3.575 million in purses will headline this year’s 14-day September Meet at Churchill Downs, which runs Thursday, Sept. 11 through Sunday, Sept. 28 and features 11 stakes contests over three action-packed weekends.
Saturday,...
Stakes Recap June 29, 2025
Churchill Downs Stakes Recaps and Quotes: Will Take It Battles for Neck Victory Over Banishing in $296,000 Hanshin Presented by JRA
Will Take It fought his way past a determined Banishing in the final strides to win Sunday’s 72nd running of the $296,000 Hanshin Stakes presented by JRA (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Dallas Stewart, a longtime assistant to Hall of Famer D....
Features June 29, 2025
Churchill Downs News Release: Legendary Hall of Fame Trainer D. Wayne Lukas Passes Away at Age 89
Legendary Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas passed away peacefully at his home in Louisville, Ky. on Saturday night. He was 89.
The following is a statement from the Lukas family:
Racing Community,
It is with heavy hearts that we...
Latest News June 29, 2025
Churchill Downs Closing Day Update: Ortiz Clinches Spring Meet Title; 20-cent Derby City 6 Force-Out Will Be Multi-Millions
Jose Ortiz officially clinched the 2025 Spring Meet riding title at Churchill Downs as he entered closing day with 61 victories through 42 days of racing – well ahead of Luis Saez (45 wins) and Brian Hernandez Jr. (38).
This marks Ortiz’s second riding...
Latest News June 28, 2025
Churchill Downs News Release: Pool for Mandatory Payout of Sunday's Derby City 6 on Closing Day Will Be Multi-Millions
Bettors have a massive $1,413,928 carryover in the Derby City 6 to chase Sunday at Churchill Downs for the 11-race closing day program.
There is a mandatory payout in Sunday’s 20-cent Derby City 6, which covers Races 6-11 starting at approximately...
Stakes Recap June 28, 2025
Churchill Downs Stephen Foster Day Stakes Recaps and Quotes: Mindframe Stout in Epic Grade I, $1 Million Stephen Foster
In what was billed as one of the best races of the year and a showdown of North America’s top older horses, Mindfame, winner of the $1 million Churchill Downs (GI) on the Kentucky Derby undercard, cemented his status as a major player in 2025 with a...
Latest News June 28, 2025
Churchill Downs Update: Cox Looking Forward to Getting Saudi Crown Back to Churchill Downs for Hanshin Stakes
FMQ Stables’ Saudi Crown, a multi-millionaire and Grade I-winning 5-year-old, returns to action Sunday at Churchill Downs with trainer Brad Cox confident he can add another victory to his resumé in the 72nd running of the $300,000 Hanshin presented...

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