Kentucky Derby News
May 4, 2017
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap: Buy Sell Hold Takes Kentucky Juvenile; Pleuven Prevails in Opening Verse
Kirk and Judy Robison’s Buy Sell Hold held off a late bid from Amberspatriot by a neck to win the 24th running of the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds.
Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Florent Geroux, Buy Sell Hold covered the...
May 3, 2017
Kentucky Derby Stakes Advance: Classic Empire 4-1 Morning-Line Favorite for Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, the unanimous Eclipse Award selection as champion 2-year-old of 2016 and a three-time Grade I winner, has been established as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in a field...
May 3, 2017
Kentucky Derby Update: Wed, May 3, 2017
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire was made the 4-1 morning-line favorite for Kentucky Derby 143 when post positions were drawn Wednesday morning in the Aristides Lounge at Churchill Downs.
Prior to the...
May 3, 2017
Kentucky Derby Day Undercard Stakes Advances
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 3, 2017) – Gunpowder Farms’ Divisidero will face 11 rivals Saturday as he bids to repeat in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (Grade I), one of seven graded stakes on the 14-race program that is highlighted...
May 3, 2017
Eighth Annual 'Taste of Derby' Brings Delicious Start to Derby Weekend
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Wednesday, May 3, 2017 – Churchill Downs Racetrack announced today that the eighth annual Taste of Derby, presented by Stella Artois, will kick off Derby weekend with flavor and style on Thursday, May 4 at the KFC Yum! Center.
Taste...
April 30, 2017
The Money Monster Wins William Walker; Finley'sluckycharm Takes Roxelana
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, the all-time leader in victories and stakes triumphs at Churchill Downs, saddled The Money Monster? to win the 2017 William Walker. (Coady Photography, Churchill Downs)
Carl Moore Management’s Finley’sluckycharm,...
April 30, 2017
Young Ward Stars Head Thurby's Kentucky Juvenile
Trainer Wesley Ward, who beat the boys with the filly Silvertoni in 2016, will send out the filly Happy Like a Fool and Waterford Stable’s McErin as a coupled entry for Thursday’s 24th running of the $100,000 Kentucky Juvenile for 2-year-olds...
April 26, 2017
Syndergaard Tops Field of Seven For Opening Night William Walker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, April 26, 2017) – Eric Fein, Christopher McKenna, Harris Fein, Guri Singh and Jerry Walia’s Syndergaard headlines a field of seven 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for the third running of the $100,000 William Walker,...
April 26, 2017
Churchill Downs Gives Fans Another Chance to Experience Thrills of Thoroughbred Ownership Through Churchill Downs Racing Club
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to own a Thoroughbred racehorse that that will race at Churchill Downs? Churchill Downs Racetrack will give 200 people that chance this spring through the 2017 addition of the Churchill Downs Racing Club –...
April 25, 2017
Racing Meets The Arts During Kentucky Derby Week Kick-Off on Churchill Downs' Opening Night
For the second year, Churchill Downs and Fund for the Arts will launch Derby week together with a celebration of local arts and live racing at Opening Night presented by Stella Artois and Old Forester. Louisville’s favorite night racing party will...