Kentucky

Television coverage of Kentucky Downs this meet will include a cable camera running the length of the stretch, a drone camera covering much of the backstretch, and additional fixed cameras.

After having a bone chip removed following her runner-up finish in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Legion Racing's Drexel Hill is back on the worktab for trainer Whit Beckman.

As the meet opens Aug. 28, Kentucky Downs will be using a new timing mechanism born from a strategic partnership between McLloyd-and StrideSAFE.

Far from the quaint countryside track of 15 years ago, Kentucky Downs in Franklin is preparing for its most lucrative and competitive meet yet, one that offers a record $41.7 million in purses over a seven-day period and features 18…

Kentucky Downs kicks off its seven-day all-turf meet Aug. 28 with the $500,000 Tapit Stakes, which is among the races during the meet that will be able to accommodate 14 starters as a result of a new starting gate at…

A mural celebrating Sunday Silence's 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1) win will soon adorn a building in downtown Paris, Ky., joining the town's growing collection of large-scale public equine art.

NBC Sports' Britney Eurton and British-based racing presenter Jess Stafford will join analyst Caton Bredar for an all-star broadcast team that includes Michael Wrona returning to the announcer's booth for Kentucky Downs' 2025 race meet.

Race Lens also is sponsoring Kentucky Downs’ pair of online, live-money play-in tournaments on the track’s Aug. 28 and Aug. 31 cards.

The largest sportsbook in the state, and one of the largest east of the Mississippi is now open at Kentucky Downs. The massive venue features an 80-foot-wide LED screen and a 31-foot-wide odds board.

Next spring, NBC Sports will showcase the 2026 Kentucky Oaks (G1), the sister race to the Kentucky Derby (G1), during its prime-time evening hours for the first time, Churchill Downs Inc. announced July 24.