Kentucky Derby News

Volunteers Unite to Beautify Areas Surrounding Churchill Downs Track

Today, July 15, is National I Love Horses Day. It puts focus on the good that horses can bring to the community, just like the partnership between I Would Rather Be Reading and Churchill Downs.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Jockey Corey Lanerie added another milestone to his storied career Friday at Churchill Downs when he surpassed fellow Louisiana native Calvin Borel for second on the track’s all-time leading rider list.
Lanerie notched career victory No. 1,233 beneath...

Reigning Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna will attempt to return to top form following a troubled seventh-place finish in the $1 million Fasig-Tipton La Troienne (Grade I) when she leads four rivals entered in Saturday’s 50th running of the $500,000...