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Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint Stakes

Although different running styles carried them to victory in million-dollar stakes at Kentucky Downs Aug. 31, Johnny's Red Storm and Meringue both impressed with their triumphs and gave their connections excitement for the future.

Cheshire-based trainer Hugo Palmer will be traveling to Kentucky Downs this week to saddle group-winning filly Cheshire Dancer in the Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes (G3T) worth $2,000,000 Aug. 30.

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.