Ellis Park and Kentucky Downs are teaming again to boost the Kentucky racing circuit and keep horses and jobs in the state during the summer, with Kentucky Downs funding four new $100,000 turf stakes at Ellis on Aug. 5.
Based on an updated opinion from its testing lab on its findings, Kentucky stewards will rescind three ractopamine positives it initially called at the 2016 Kentucky Downs meeting.
In the track's newsletter, Kentucky Downs' senior vice president and general manager Ted Nicholson recently talked about planned facility upgrades.
Off a strong September of Thoroughbred racing in the state, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Oct. 17 approved a 2018 racing schedule similar to this year's schedule.
Kentucky Downs concluded a record-shattering five-date session up 34 percent in wagering on the all-grass meet that has stamped itself among the most unique experiences in American races.
With a furlong to run in the $350,000 Exacta Systems Dueling Grounds Derby, it appeared as if frontrunner Big Bend had momentum working against him.
Normandy Farm's homebred Daddys Lil Darling asserted herself at the top of the Kentucky Downs' stretch and set a course record in the $200,000 Dueling Grounds Oaks Sept. 10 and broke an eight-race losing streak in the process.
It took almost a year to the day for Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Oscar Nominated to find his way back to the winner's circle, but some old Kentucky Downs magic did the trick.
The ageless wonder that is Hogy added to his indefatigable reputation Saturday when he reeled in Commend in late stretch to win the $400,000 Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint Stakes (G3T) by half a length and earn his first graded score since 2013.
Miss Temple City wore down Zipessa with a determined drive in mid stretch to capture the $350,000 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) by a neck and put herself back on course for her year-end goals.
Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week Kentucky Downs features six lucrative stakes races to take hold of the spotlight.
On Sept. 9 the spotlight shines on Kentucky Downs, the countryside phenomenon that annually tops the Horseplayers Association of North America's track ratings.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Kentucky Downs.
Kentucky Downs hosts two starter allowance races for horses whose connections are hoping for victories and automatic berths in the Claiming Crown Championships at Gulfstream Park.
It was a long time between stakes wins for Olympia Star's Applicator, but the 4-year-old Henrythenavigator gelding fired his best shot Sept. 6 to defeat a quality field in the $400,000 Tourist Mile at Kentucky Downs.
If Miss Temple City is anything close to her old self, the first move toward righting the ship could come Sept. 9, when she becomes the most accomplished horse to ever grace the unique venue at Kentucky Downs.
Postulation will try for a third straight stakes win when he starts from the rail in the $600,000 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G3T) Sept. 9 at Kentucky Downs.
Kentucky Downs' turf sprints, the $400,000 Turf Sprint (G3T) and $350,000 Ladies Sprint Stakes, offer huge paydays going 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 9.
Kentucky Downs’ takeout rates of 14% on the Pick 5 and 16% on win, place, and show wagers are among the lowest in the country. No Thoroughbred track is lower than Kentucky Downs’ 18.25% takeout on exactas and 19% takeout on trifecta wagers.
Big purses at Kentucky Downs, which completed a $5 million off-season renovation, attracted an overflow of entries to the track's maiden and allowance races, the richest in the nation.
Because of heavy rain, Kentucky Downs has rescheduled the Saturday, Sept. 2 opening card to Wednesday, Sept. 6. The fields for the 10-race all-grass card will remain the same, with no redrawing of entries or post positions.
The short Kentucky Downs all-turf meeting is scheduled to begin with a bang Sept. 6 with four stakes on the 10-race card at the unique Franklin, Ky. track.
Because of business surpassing projections—including a best-ever July with its historical horse racing operation—every horse running at Kentucky Downs' highly acclaimed September meet will earn at least $750.
Kentucky purses continue to benefit from the success of historical racing, which registered another strong year.
Highlighted by two new graded-stakes events and a record $8.4 million in purses and supplemental Kentucky-bred monies, Kentucky Downs will offer one of the world's most lucrative racing programs during its five-day, all-turf season Sept. 2-14.
