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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.
The Lukas Classic Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older, over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles on the dirt held annually in September at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky. The event currently carries a purse of $500,000.
The Churchill Downs Cup (Japanese チャーチルダウンズカップ) is a Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in April over a distance of 1600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse. [1] The race was first run in 1992 and has held Grade 3 status ever since. It serves as a trial race for the NHK Mile Cup.
"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 ...
Horse racing returns to Louisville racetrack before shifting to Keeneland in Lexington next month. Churchill Downs’ 14-day September Meet starts this week Skip to main content
This race was inaugurated on 1 May 1987 as the Early Times Turf Classic Stakes and was the first stakes race run on the new Matt Winn Turf Course. [1] The event was won by the reigning US Champion Male Turf Horse Manila, his eighth straight victory by three lengths as the short 2-5 odds-on favorite in a small field of four starters.
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 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.