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The Commonwealth Turf Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles on turf held annually in November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the fall meeting.
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was prominent in Kentucky for many years. [ 1 ]
The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in early May on the Kentucky Derby day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is US$1,000,000.
Outside of the majesty of galloping horses, Churchill Downs supplies plenty of iconography—the venue's twin spires, grandstands, and flower-filled infield—that makes it an experience to ...
"The founding of Churchill Downs began in 1872 when Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark traveled from Louisville to the Epsom Derby in England and decided he would create a spectacle horse racing event ...
A third horse left the track in an equine ambulance after Saturday’s 10th race, the Churchill Downs Stakes. Trainer William Stinson Jr. told The Associated Press that X-rays were negative on ...
Churchill Downs Incorporated is the parent company of Churchill Downs. The company has evolved from one racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky , to a multi American-state-wide, publicly traded company with racetracks, casinos and an online wagering company among its portfolio of businesses.
The beast of the Churchill Downs backside is known as Bango. On Friday, Bango won his 12th race at the historic track. No horse has won more races at Churchill than this 7-year-old bay.