Four weeks removed from the running of the GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs stages its second stacked weekend of the spring/summer meeting, with five Grade IIIs and one listed ...

Trainer Wesley Ward swung for the fences when bidding to $850,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale last year to acquire Outfielder (Speightstown) and was rewarded for his efforts ...

The aforementioned Brightwork is also slated to return in Monday’s Winning Colors. Owned by WSS Racing and trained by John ...

$5 million Kentucky Derby on Saturday night in Louisville, besting a field of 19 horses beneath the Twin Spires on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs. Trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior ...

Sovereignty made a late charge on a muddy track and raced past the favorite Journalism to win the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. Journalism briefly took the lead in the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — Churchill Downs kicked off Derby week with a blast from the past, as the sounds of the roaring 20s filled the iconic racetrack on opening night. Performers dressed as ...

The sun sets in the background of the Barbaro statue on opening night of the spring meet at Churchill Downs. / Matt Stone/The Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK ...

another one of horse racing's oldest races provides fireworks at Churchill Downs the day prior. Celebrating its 151st run, the Kentucky Oaks will once again serve as the opening act to the Run for ...