November 2, 2012 - 9:34am
This weekend get a glimpse of some of the fillies you might see next year in the Kentucky Oaks.
Although the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will not be run at Churchill Downs this year as they have been the last two years, Churchill Downs may be in the future for some of the two-year-old fillies that will race in the Championships Friday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A...
September 19, 2012 - 9:00am
On the calendar it may be the dawn of the fall season, but the first sign of spring has just arrived as Churchill Downs unveils the 2013 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks logos.
The calendar may show that it is the dawn of the fall season, but the first sign of spring has just arrived as Churchill Downs unveils the 2013 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks logos. The logos, which incorporate some new features, will appear on all Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Churchill Downs makes a historical move to revamp the qualifying system for horses to get into the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
In a move that the public can better understand and follow Churchill Downs has dropped the graded stakes earning criteria in favor of a point system to determine which 20 racehorses will run in the Kentucky Derby, and which 14 fillies will run in the Kentucky Oaks. This move was made in hopes of...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
PRP woman participates in Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade.
Felicia O'Bryan, 49, was not upset last Friday when threatening thunderstorms delayed her participation in the Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade presented by Kroger. Although the 138 cancer survivors had already boarded the buses that would shuttle them from the Churchill Downs grandstand to the...
July 29, 2012 - 7:51pm
Believe You Can wins the Kentucky Oaks.
History was made before a crowd of 112,552 when Rosie Napravnik won the Kentucky Oaks with Believe You Can and became the first woman to ever win the $1,000,000 Grade 1 race. Trainer Larry Jones and owner Brereton Jones, who withdrew Mark Valeski from the Kentucky Derby, teamed to win the...
