Kentucky Derby News

The 28th Claiming Crown drew 113 entries for its return to Churchill Downs on Saturday when some of North America’s top blue-collar Thoroughbreds will compete in nine supercharged starter allowances worth a combined $1.2 million.
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Horses that have raced from Emerald Downs in Washington to Palermo in Argentina will converge at Churchill Downs on Saturday for the 28th Claiming Crown, which features nine supercharged starter allowance races worth a combined $1.2 million.
 
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Nominations are now open for the inaugural 2027 Thoroughbred Championship Series (“TCS”), the new 10-race championship series created by Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”) (Nasdaq: CHDN) and The New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”).
 
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Jockey Victor Carrasco doesn’t have much use for a day off when there are opportunities to be had at racetracks and training centers across Kentucky.
Carrasco came to Kentucky last winter after more than a decade riding in Maryland. This fall, he’s...

Before Sunday’s 10-race card wraps the second week at Churchill Downs’ Fall Meet, here’s a look back at the prior four days that saw Viking and Mercante win Saturday’s stakes, apprentice jockey Yomar Ortiz Jr. ride seven winners and Florent Geroux...

Carl Pollard’s 6-year-old homebred gelding Mercante went straight to the front and outlasted a constant threat from 2-1 favorite Kupuna to prevail in Saturday’s 47th running of the $300,000 River City (Grade III) at Churchill Downs by a half-length.
 
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Churchill Downs Racetrack will introduce a new element to its renowned Stars of Tomorrow II program for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds on Saturday, Nov. 28 with a first-ever golf-style skins competition among Kentucky stallion farms.
 
The event billed...

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.’s graded stakes-winning trio of Haulin Ice, Indy Bay and Mystic Lake leads a compact field of six filly and mare sprinters entered in next Saturday’s 21st running of the $300,000 Dream Supreme (Listed) at Churchill Downs.
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Zedan Racing Stables’ Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade I) third-place finisher Salahudin could make his next start in the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) on Saturday, Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs, according to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.
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Apprentice jockey Yomar Ortiz Jr. scored his first career riding double Wednesday at Churchill Downs, less than a month after making his professional debut at Keeneland.
Ortiz, 17, skimmed the rail aboard Tiffany Twist for trainer Joe Sharp to win Race...