Churchill Downs stories:
Zenyatta quite the lady in win
Nov 8th, 2009 - BostonHerald
ARCADIA, Calif. - Right up to post time for yesterday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, the defining race of the annual World Championships remained the 1988 Distaff...Mine That Bird won't pass up Preakness
May 5th, 2009 - Philly
Mine That Bird's people had never considered the Preakness because they never thought they were going to win the Derby. They did, though. Then, they considered the May 16 Preakness for a day...
Rachel Alexandra gains top spot in NTRA Poll
May 4th, 2009 - MiamiHerald
Following her 20 1/4-length victory in Friday's Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, the filly Rachel Alexandra has vaulted to the top of the weekly NTRA poll of three-year-olds...
Dream of roses becomes reality
May 3rd, 2009 - USA Today
LOUISVILLE — They didn't even plan on coming. The owners of Mine That Bird targeted the Lone Star Derby this Saturday in Texas before Churchill Downs officials told...
Vanderbilt Widow to Reap Windfall From Cowboy's Derby Victory
May 3rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Marylou Whitney, the widow of airlineand mining magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, stands to gainthe most from Mine That Bird’s upset win in the Kentucky Derby. Whitney...
Churchill Downs videos from YouTube:
0:30How Not To Smuggle Alcohol Into Churchill Downs
One hapless Kentucky Oaks fan found out the hard way what happens when you try to smuggle booze into Churchill Downs.
2:20Rachel Alexandra - Kentucky Oaks @ Churchill Downs 5/1/09
www.horseracinginside.com ... Rachel Alexandra romps in the 2009 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, winning easily against 6 other fillies. You can visit the Kentucky Derby website at KentuckyDerby.com!
2:52Kentucky Derby 2009 - Churchill Downs #135
The 2009 Kentucky Derby - The 135th Kentucky Derby - Winner Mine That Bird with 50 to 1 Odds
1:50Barbaro To Be Buried At Churchill Downs
Winner of 2006 Kentucky Derby will be laid to rest in Louisville.
Churchill Downs from WikiPedia:
Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs has also hosted the renowned Breeders' Cup on six occasions, most recently in 2006. Churchill Downs Incorporated owns and operates the racetrack.
In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Churchill Downs was ranked #5 on this list.
The track is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased 80 acres (320,000 m²) of land to their nephew, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. (grandson of explorer William Clark). Clark was president of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, which formed in 1874. His father-in-law, Richard Ten Broeck, was an accomplished horse breeder and trainer, and introduced Clark to horse racing, attending the English Derby at Epsom Downs outside London.
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