Kentucky Derby News

A full week of racing continues at Churchill Downs with Twilight Thursday, weekend stakes action and special events for military members and dads as the 43-day Spring Meet rolls on beneath the historic Twin Spires.
Only three weeks remain at the Spring...

East Avenue led every step of the way and turned back late challenges from Burnham Square and Coal Battle to win Sunday’s 28th running of the $387,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
 
East Avenue bounced back...

Godolphin’s undefeated 2024 Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Immersive finalized her major preparation before Saturday’s $175,000 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes with a solid half-mile move in :49.20 Sunday morning at Churchill Downs.
Immersive,...

Bettors have a lucrative $241,646 carryover for Sunday’s 50-cent Late Pick 5 at Churchill Downs because there were no winners in Saturday’s Late Pick 5 sequence.
 
The first of nine races Sunday is 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern). The 50-cent...

In his 4-year-old debut, Joe Shiesty shot to the front out of the gate and had enough left to withstand a late surge from favored Arrest Me Red to win Saturday’s ninth running of the $224,670 Mighty Beau Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs by a neck.
 
Joe...

Godolphin’s undefeated 2024 Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Immersive is set to make her 3-year-old debut next Saturday at Churchill Downs when she faces five rivals entered in the fourth running of the $175,000 Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes.
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Whitham Thoroughbreds’ Burnham Square, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes (Grade I) in early April, will return to action Sunday in the $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs, looking to rebound from a tough trip in Kentucky Derby 151.
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Juddmonte’s Final Gambit, a late-closing fourth-place finisher in Kentucky Derby 151, will get another opportunity to earn a victory at Churchill Downs as the 5-2 morning line favorite in Sunday’s $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (Grade III).
“He came...

Norman Stables’ Coal Battle will look to rebound from a rough 11th-place finish in the $5 million Kentucky Derby (Grade I) when he returns in Sunday’s $400,000 Matt Winn Stakes (GIII) at Churchill Downs – a race trainer Lonnie Briley hopes will...

Pin Up Betty, owned and bred by Kirk Wycoff’s Three Diamonds Farm, collared pacesetter Charlene’s Dream with a furlong to run and drew off for a 1 ½-length victory in Sunday’s 49th running of the $237,000 Old Forester Mint Julep Stakes (Grade III)...