Churchill Downs

The Kentucky Race Track Chaplaincy is pleased to announce that Chaplain Pavel Urruchi will assume a new role and serve as Chaplain at Churchill Downs, the largest of the five tracks we serve.

Klaravich Stables' grade 1-winning Search Results, winless in her three starts of 2023, picked up a confidence-boosting victory in Locust Grove Stakes (G3) Sept. 16 at Churchill Downs.

The connections of Mage—owners OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing, and CMNWLTH; trainer Gustavo Delgado; and breeder Grandview Equine—will be on hand at Churchill Downs Sept. 16 to receive their engraved Kentucky Derby (G1) trophies.

The licensed trainer for a claimant "must have made a start" at the current Churchill Downs meet or in Kentucky since July 7, 2023, which was the start of the Ellis Park meet. 

Horse racing on the Kentucky circuit shifts to Churchill Downs Sept. 14 with the first of three Twilight Thursday programs at 5 p.m. ET as the famed Louisville racetrack opens its 11th annual September Meet.

A Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority investigation into a dozen equine fatalities this spring at Churchill Downs yielded no singular explanation for the incidents, according to a report released Sept. 12 by HISA.

Churchill Downs announced it will resume distribution of Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund payments to horses finishing first through last in all races for their upcoming September meet.

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Churchill Downs Inc. announced July 31 that Churchill Downs racetrack has launched new safety initiatives ahead of its regularly scheduled meeting beginning Sept. 14.