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News brief: Racing commission approves Churchill Downs plan to cut seven racing dates and reduce purses for six stakes races.

Mine That Bird dug up a miracle, stunning the field to win the Kentucky Derby with a dynamic stretch run through the mud Saturday at Churchill Downs.

A joint project has been announced that will re-energize the recycling program at the historic racetrack in time for the Kentucky Oaks and Derby races.

Churchill Downs has been selected as the final resting place for 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, who was euthanized one year ago today after a lengthy battle with laminitis.

News Brief: Calvin Borel rode Street Sense slowly back to the winner’s circle with the same patience he demonstrated while taking the dark bay colt to first place during the Kentucky Derby.

International News Brief: For a few exciting moments, Queen Elizabeth II was just like every other racing fan at Churchill Downs - as she watched the horses running in the 133rd Kentucky Derby.

News Brief: Norton Healthcare Inc. will be the first presenting sponsor of Churchill Downs' Clark Handicap, a Grade I race that has been run since the track opened in 1875.

News Brief: Churchill Downs now will accept race entries three days prior to races, instead of the usual two days in advance.

The 21-day Fall Meet at Churchill Downs concluded on Saturday, Nov. 26, with gains in both on-track and total wagering and on-track attendance.

The Spring Meet at Churchill Downs ended its 52-day run on Sunday with double-digit gains in on-track attendance and wagering, but a slight decline in off-track betting.

A Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs that was already notable for one of the biggest upsets in the history of the "Run for the Roses" also included the shattering of on-track and off-track wagering records.

News Brief: Churchill Downs will become the latest track in a growing list testing every horse entered for excess alkalizing agents when the Louisville track’s spring-summer meet opens on Saturday.

To celebrate the Running of the Roses, All Horse Racing is offering a free bet on the Kentucky Derby as well as free bets on the other two jewels of the Triple Crown, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

Horse-racing fans hoping to secure reserved seats to the 2005 Kentucky Derby can now apply for tickets with only a few clicks of a computer mouse.

Total wagering on the 130th Kentucky Derby and the Derby Day racing card at Churchill Downs smashed a North American record for total betting on an individual event and a single day of races that had been established in the 2003 renewal of the famed ’Run for the Roses.’

News Brief: A record $9.375-million in purses and five new races highlight Churchill Downs’s 45-race stakes schedule this year.

News Brief: Churchill Downs is ‘extremely nervous’ that a smoking ban in Louisville would drive even more people across the river, according to the track's senior vice president.