Churchill Downs Announces Corporate Expansion
August 15, 2019
In a recent conference call with analysts, Churchill Downs Chief Executive Officer Bill Carstanjen revealed
In a recent conference call with analysts, Churchill Downs Chief Executive Officer Bill Carstanjen revealed
Officials at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky said revenue from the nearly 1,000 historical racing
TwinSpires.com, the official online site of Churchill Downs Inc., lets players wager on virtually every
As the post-Kentucky Derby chaos begins to abate, here are some thoughts and quick hits
In the run-up to the Kentucky Derby, Dave Bontempo picks the races and runners to
While the Kentucky Derby isn’t until May, the pre-Derby push is just beginning. Gulfstream’s Fountain
Thanksgiving weekend brings a series of exciting races, including Aqueduct and Churchill Downs’ offerings on
Saratoga and Arlington Park command center stage with million-dollar plus races in early August, while
Saratoga’s Race Course launches its 40-day meet with 69 stakes races and $18.8 million in
Belmont Park’s Stars & Stripes Racing Festival, which launched in 2014, offers a pair of
Pennsylvania horse-racing officials have hired an advertising agency to launch a campaign to bolster flagging
With Justify poised to be the second Triple Crown winner in the past four years,
On July 29, 1996, legendary manager Tommy Lasorda announced his retirement from the Los Angeles Dodgers following a heart attack. 💔⚾ His departure marked the end of an incredible era: Lasorda won 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series titles after taking over Between Alston (hired in Brooklyn in 1953) and Lasorda, the Dodgers had only two managers over a span of nearly 43 years! Bill Russell stepped in to replace him. Talk about franchise stability.
On July 29, 1994, horse racing history witnessed one of the most unbelievable coincidences ever caught on a photo-finish camera. Two completely evenly matched thoroughbreds—Honest Onyx and Exclusive Gold—went head-to-head for a grueling seven furlongs at Assiniboia Downs. When they hit the wire, officials reviewed the finish-line camera and literally could not separate them. The result? A rare, official dead-heat for the Win! But the story gets crazier. Just two weeks later, the exact same two horses raced the exact same distance at the same track—and dead-heated again, this time tying for second place. Talk about defying the odds! official dead heat
