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Billionaire horse owner and entrepreneur Mike Repole says he's bought significant stock in Churchill Downs, Inc.
Three jockeys were hospitalized and a horse was euthanized after a six-horse accident during a race Saturday night at Churchill Downs.
Churchill Downs announced its Road to the Kentucky Derby 2026-27 schedule, which begins Saturday.
The Preakness Stakes is moving to three weeks and a day after the Kentucky Derby and is set to be run on a Sunday for the first time.
Churchill Downs Incorporated and The New York Racing Association announced the Thoroughbred Championship Series, a new six-race, season-long competition for three-year-old Thoroughbreds launching in 2027 with a $5 million prize pool.
Applications are now open for the Kentucky Derby Festival’s 2027 Race Ambassador Team, a group of runners and walkers who help promote the festival’s Race Weekend and encourage participants leading up to race day.
Cherie DeVaux, the first female trainer to win the Derby, and NBC analyst Donna Brothers were both honored by Mayor Craig Greenberg Monday.
Women involved in horse racing say "the possibilities are endless."
Wendell died in 2015 and Ruby passed away last October.
When you watch a horse win the Kentucky Derby, there is a spotlight on people like the trainer and the jockey, but there are dozens of people behind the scenes that make a winner like Golden Tempo successful.
Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday and was back at work on the backside of the track Sunday morning.
Golden Tempo, ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz, had 24-1 odds coming into the race.
Can the Kentucky Derby be everything for everyone?
Check out these behind-the-scenes pictures of the WAVE crew at Kentucky Derby 152.
Always a Runner, ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz, had 10-1 odds coming into the day.
Before we get to Derby Eve galas, the Kentucky Derby Museum kicked off Derby Week the Friday before all the action.
Check out these pictures from the 2026 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade, honoring 150 Breast and Ovarian cancer survivors and fighters
We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Oaks Lily, the drink Tim Laird created for Churchill Downs in 2006.
There is one couple at Churchill Downs you can spot every year: Carrie and Jeff Ketterman of Corydon, Indiana.
