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The inaugural running of the event was the Churchill Downs Handicap took place on the closing day of the Churchill Downs Spring meeting, June 6, 1911, as a three-year-old and over race over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles with five starters and was won by Carlton G. in track record time of 1:51 4 ⁄ 5 under jockey George Taplin for owner and trainer Lon Johnson. [1]
A turf track, inside the main track, is 7 ⁄ 8 mile (1.4 km) in circumference and 80-foot (24 m) wide. From 2001 to 2005, Churchill Downs underwent a three-and-a-half year, $121 million renovation. The clubhouse was replaced, 79 luxury suites were added, and the historic twin spires were refurbished.
At Churchill Downs – Stephen Foster Stakes: 2024 Kingsbarns: 4 Luis Saez: Todd A. Pletcher: Spendthrift Farm: 1:48.09 $1,000,000 I [7] At Ellis Park 2023 West Will Power 6 Flavien Prat: Brad H. Cox: Gary & Mary West: 1:47.93 $1,000,000 I [8] At Churchill Downs 2022 Olympiad: 4 Junior Alvarado: William I. Mott: Grandview Equine, Cheyenne ...
For the jockeys contesting the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs, there is a little something extra at stake. This year’s Run for the Roses is the 150th renewal of North ...
Churchill Downs Stakes: Spring Arlington Million: Summer Beverly D. Stakes: Summer Grade II: Meet: Falls City Handicap: Fall Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes: Spring Eight Belles Stakes: Spring Alysheba Stakes: Spring American Turf Stakes: Spring Fleur de Lis Handicap: Summer Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes: Spring Pat Day Mile Stakes: Spring ...
How did Churchill Downs get its name? The field of 20 horses are bookended by the shadows of the twin spires as they make their way to the first turn in the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby ...
Kentucky Derby hopeful Just a Touch gallops on the track at Churchill Downs. Just a Touch broke his maiden with a 4 1/4-length victory on a sloppy track Jan. 27 at Fair Grounds.
The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.A Grade II event, the race is open to two-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, and is a Road to the Kentucky Derby race, offering points to the top four horses towards being one of the 18 horses eligible ...