Churchill Downs Racing News

Churchill Downs Update: Walsh Weighs Options for Maxfield's Next Start Following Saturday's Victory in Matt Winn

May 24, 2020

| Kevin Kerstein,Churchill Downs Communications

Trainer Brendan Walsh reported Sunday morning that $150,000 Matt Winn (Grade III) hero Maxfield exited Saturday’s race in good shape and his team will begin planning for the next start. “I have just been thinking all along to go one race at a time…

Breeders' Cup Winner Sharing Prevails in $100,000 Tepin

May 23, 2020

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade I) winner Sharing was victorious in her 3-year-old debut when she beat Abscond by a half-length in Saturday’s first running of the $100,000 Tepin presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs. Trained…

Smooth Like Strait Runs Them Off Their Feet in $100,000 War Chant

May 23, 2020

Cannon Thoroughbreds LLC’s homebred Smooth Like Strait dueled Island Commish for most of the race before he put away that rival with three-sixteenths of a mile to run and comfortably won Saturday’s inaugural $100,000 War Chant presented by TwinSpires.com at…

Dunbar Road Returns in Style with $100,000 Shawnee Triumph

May 23, 2020

Peter M. Brant’s Alabama (Grade I) winner Dunbar Road overcame a sluggish start and surged past Chocolate Kisses in deep stretch to draw off and win by 1 ¾ lengths in the first running of the $100,000 Shawnee presented by TwinSpires.com to open Saturday’s “Stephen…

Churchill Downs News

Churchill Downs Update: Walsh Weighs Options for Maxfield's Next Start Following Saturday's Victory in Matt Winn

Breeders' Cup Winner Sharing Prevails in $100,000 Tepin

Smooth Like Strait Runs Them Off Their Feet in $100,000 War Chant

Dunbar Road Returns in Style with $100,000 Shawnee Triumph

Owendale Flies Late to win $100,000 Blame

Maxfield Wins Matt Winn, Earns 50 Points for Road to Kentucky Derby

Two Races Added to Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

Attachment Rate 'New Shooter' for Romans in Matt Winn

Mr Dumas Down Ritzy A.P. in Thursday Feature

Walsh Anxiously Awaiting Maxfield's Return in Saturday's $150,000 Matt Winn

Jeff Ruby Steaks Winner Field Pass Tops Inagural $100,000 War Chant

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Winner Sharing Back in $100,000 Tepin

Grade I Winner Dunbar Road Headlines $100,000 Shawnee

Multiple Graded Stakes Winners Owendale, Mr. Money Clash in $100,000 Blame

Maxfield Takes on Major Fed, Ny Traffic in Grade III, $150,000 Matt Winn

Chimney Rock Beats Jack and Noah in Sunday Feature Thriller

Churchill Downs Update: Sunday, May 17, 2020

Champion Monomoy Girl Returns a Winner Saturday at Churchill Downs

Cox Cautiously Optimistic for Monomoy Girl's Opening Day Return

Churchill Downs to Honor Class of 2020 With a Twin Spires Tribute

Churchill Downs Update: More Than 700 Horses on the Grounds

Training 'Open for Business' at Churchill Downs

Spring Meet Opener Draws 162 Entries Including Champion Monomoy Girl

Backstretch Opens to Horses From Fair Grounds

Churchill Downs Releases First Condition Book, Stakes Schedule for Shortened 2020 Spring Meet That Begins May 16

Opening Day of Churchill Downs' 2020 Spring Meet Set for Saturday, May 16

Churchill Downs to Reopen Stable Area Monday May 11; Spectator-Free Racing Under Strict Guidelines Will Begin Thereafter

Reopening of Stable Areas at Churchill Downs Delayed Again

Reopening of Stable Areas at Churchill Downs Delayed Until April 28th

Churchill Downs Incorporated News Release: Turfway Park to Hold Jeff Ruby Steaks and Remaining Races Spectator-Free; Kentucky Derby 146 Still Scheduled as Planned for First Saturday in May

Churchill Downs, Vendors to Hold Derby-Sized Job Fair March 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Upcoming Kentucky Derby, Spring Meet

New Churchill Downs Racing Club Opportunities for Unraced 2-Year-Olds Trained by Cox, Drury

Keeneland and Churchill Downs Reinforce Commitment to Safety with Racing and Training Reforms

Record $14 Million Spring Meet Stakes Schedule; Stephen Foster Day Moved to Closing Day. New Stephen Foster Preview Night Created

Pegasus World Cup Turf Winner Zulu Alpha Tops 57 Older Horses Nominated to the $1 Million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic

CHURCHILL DOWNS OPENING NIGHT SERIES EXPANDS DERBY WEEK CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT OF LOCAL ARTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

Finite Prevails in Grade II Golden Rod

Silver Prospector Wins Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club

Nay Lady Nay Prevails in Grade II, $300,000 Mrs. Revere

Tom's d'Etat Powers Home in Grade I, $600,000 Clark

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Local Jockey, Trainers Finalize Winter Plans

Churchill Downs Stakes Recaps & Quotes: Falls City and Cardinal

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Tiz the Law Made 7-5 Favorite in Saturday's Kentucky Jockey Club

Churchill Downs Hires Equine Medical Director

Churchill Downs Barn Notes - Wednesday, Nov. 27

Rags to Riches Winner Finite Headlines Grade II, $300,000 Golden Rod

Tiz the Law Tops Saturday's $300,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade II)

Brown Stablemates New and Improved, Nay Lady Nay Top Grade II, $300,000 Mrs. Revere

Tom's d'Etat, Seeking the Soul Clash in Friday's Grade I, $600,000 Clark

Stakes Winners Sally's Curlin, Go Google Yourself to Meet in Grade II Falls City

'Battle Tested' Tiz the Law Finalizes Prep for Kentucky Jockey Club

University of Louisville Graduate Jason Barkley a Promising Star in Horse Racing

Leading Thoroughbred Racing Organizations Launch Safety Coalition

Mr. Misunderstood Defends Title, Joins Elite Company With 5th Churchill Downs Stakes Win in Saturday's $175,000 River City

Drury Finding Success Splitting Time Between Skylight, Churchill Downs as Small Stable Produces Big Numbers

Monomoy Girl's Half-Brother Mr. Monomoy Set for Second Career Start Saturday

Mr. Misunderstood to Defend Title in Saturday's Grade III, $175,000 River City

Wednesday Racing at Churchill Downs Cancelled Because of Frigid Temperatures

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Maxfield to Get Remainder of 2019 Off, Target 2020 Campaign

Mr Dumas Surges to Win Grade III, $175,000 Commonwealth Turf

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Seeking the Soul to Return in Grade I, $600,000 Clark on 'Black Friday'

Jefferson Cup Winner Spectacular Gem Tops Field of 14 in $175,000 Commonwealth Turf

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Covfefe, British Idiom Return to Churchill Downs Breeders' Cup Champions

Local Trainers, Handicappers Give Selections for Breeders' Cup

Churchill Downs to Construct Hotel, HRM Facility and New Permanent Stadium Seating at First Turn of the Iconic Racetrack

Churchill Downs Stakes Recaps: Finite Dazzles in Rags to Riches, South Bend Emerges as Street Sense Winner

Tom's d'Etat Eyes Grade I, $600,000 Clark Following Saturday's Fayette Victory at Keeneland

Racing Returns to Churchill Downs Sunday at 1 p.m. for 26-Day Fall Meet

Impressive Maiden Winner Specially Leads Competative Field in Rags to Riches

Undefeated South Bend Tops $120,000-added Street Sense Overnight Stakes

Covfefe, Dennis' Moment Ready for Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs Stakes Recaps: Lukas Classic, Ack Ack & Jefferson Cup; Also, $71,686 Late Pick 5 Carryover Sunday

Williamson Family Finding Stride in Kentucky; Rocco Rejuvenated

Bettors to Chase Two Carryovers Saturday Night at Churchill Downs: $71,694 Single 6, $74,372 Late Pick 5

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Geroux Hoping for Stakes Triple Saturday Night at Churchill Downs

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Asmussen Hoping Tenfold Can Turn Churchill Form Around in Saturday Night's Lukas Classic

Churchill Downs Moves Payout of 20-Cent Single 6 Jackpot to Saturday Night

Multiple Graded Stakes Winners Quip, Tenfold Top Competitive Grade III, $250,000 Lukas Classic

Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Covfefe 'Primed and Ready for the Breeders' Cup'