Kentucky Derby News

Gabriel Dulgnan’s multiple Grade III winner Echo Sound will attempt to rebound from her disappointing effort as the beaten favorite in last month’s Test Stakes (GI) when she faces seven fellow 3-year-old filles entered in next Saturday’s 50th running...

Irad Ortiz Jr., the five-time Eclipse Award winner and national money leader as well as North America’s top jockey in races won every year since 2017, has moved his tack from New York to Kentucky for the fall season, adding even more star power to the...

Joseph Sutton’s Ellis Park Juvenile (Listed) winner Comport will take the next step in his young career on Saturday when he joins the Road to the Kentucky Derby as the 6-5 favorite in the $300,000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs.
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Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association will award $20,000 in scholarships during College Day on Saturday (Sept. 13), which is highlighted by 11 live races including the launch of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, student activities and...

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).
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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...

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...

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.
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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.