Kentucky Derby News

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, one of the most prolific trainers and influences in horse racing history, has been hospitalized in Louisville, Ky. and will not return to training, according to Lukas family members.
 
According to the family,...

FMQ Stables’ Grade I winner Saudi Crown is set to face an accomplished field of eight horses that entered next Sunday’s 72nd running of the $300,000 Hanshin presented by JRA (Listed), one of five stakes contests on closing day of the 43-day Spring...

Vahva, winner of last year’s Chicago Stakes at Churchill Downs but winless in three subsequent starts, regained her top form Saturday night in the 35th renewal of the Grade II, $298,250 sprint for fillies and mares by out-finishing Claret Beret down...

A special $3 All-Turf Pick 3 will be added to the wagering menu for next Saturday and Sunday’s cards at Churchill Downs, the final two days of the 43-day Spring Meet.
 
The $3 All-Turf Pick 3 will have an all-stakes sequence for the Saturday, June...

Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Sierra Leone will square off against Kentucky Derby 150 champion Mystik Dan, Dubai World Cup (GI) hero Hit Show and Grade I-winning sprinter Mindframe in a showdown of North America’s top older horses in next...

Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year and Kentucky Oaks 150 winner, completed her major preparation for the $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Fleur de Lis (Grade II) on June 28 with a swift half-mile move in :47.80 Friday morning at Churchill Downs under...

Tickets for the September and Fall racing meets at Churchill Downs go on sale today (Friday, June 20) at noon (all times Eastern) at https://www.churchilldowns.com/day-at-the-races/. Guests also may call (502) 636-4450 or email groupsales@kyderby.com.
 
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Stonestreet Stables’ multiple graded stakes winner Emery will attempt to rebound from her fifth-place finish in last month’s $1 million Derby City Distaff (Grade I) when she faces 10 accomplished sprinters as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday...

Churchill Downs rolls into the penultimate week of its Spring Meet with the final Downs After Dark celebration set for Saturday evening, featuring the colorful theme: “A Caribbean Night at the Races.”
The 11-race program begins at 6 p.m. (all times...

Kentucky Derby 150 winner Mystik Dan returned to the Churchill Downs work tab Sunday with a five-furlong breeze in 1:00 under jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., preparing for a likely start in the $1 million Stephen Foster (Grade I) on Saturday, June 28.
Mystik...