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Churchill Downs - Louisville, Kentucky


Churchill Downs

700 Central Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
(502) 636-4400
http://www.churchilldowns.com 



Track Facts:
The Founding of Churchill Downs
While traveling in England and France in 1872-1873, 26-year-old Col. M. Lewis Clark, devised the idea of a Louisville Jockey Club for conducting race meets. Clark toured and visited with a number of prominent racing leaders, including England's Admiral Rous and France's Vicompte Darn, vice president of the French Jockey Club.

Upon his return from Europe, Clark began development of his racetrack which would serve to showcase the Kentucky breeding industry. The track would eventually become known as "Churchill Downs." The first reference of the name Churchill Downs came in an 1883 Kentucky Derby article reported by the former Louisville Commercial.

"The crowd in the grand stand sent out a volume of voice, and the crowd in the field took it up and carried it from boundary to boundary of Churchill Downs."

Track Information
Acreage: 147
Track: One mile, oval
Soil: Sandy loam, 75% sand, 23% silt, 2% clay
Width: 80 feet; backstretch, 79 feet
Distance from Derby Start to Finish Line: 1,320 feet; racetrack is 120 feet wide at Derby start
Distance from Last Turn to Finish Line: 1,234 1/2 feet
Distance from Finish Line to First Turn: 113 1/2 feet

Turf Course
Track: 7/8th mile, oval
Turf: 90% Fescue, 10% Bluegrass
Width: 80 feet

Stable Accommodations
Churchill Downs - 1,404 stalls - 47 barns
Trackside OTB - 500 stalls


Online Horse Racing graded stakes

Graded Stakes Races

Oct 7

Keeneland: Darley Alcibiades Stakes ,$500,000 ,2yo f ,8.5f Dirt

Keeneland: JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes ,$350,000 ,2yo f ,8.5f Turf

Keeneland: Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix ,$350,000 ,3&up ,6f Dirt

Oct 8

Aqueduct: Joe Hirsch Turf Classic ,$500,000 ,3&up ,12f Turf

Aqueduct: Matron Stakes ,$150,000 ,2yo f ,6f Turf

Aqueduct: Vosburgh ,$250,000 ,3&up ,7f Dirt

Hastings Racecourse: Premiers ,$100,000 ,3&up ,9f Dirt

Japan Racing Association: Saudi Arabia Royal Cup ,$678,000 ,2yo ,8f Turf

Keeneland: Coolmore Turf Mile ,$1,000,000 ,3&up ,8f Turf

Keeneland: First Lady Presented by UK HealthCare ,$750,000 ,3&up f/m ,8f Turf

Keeneland: Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes ,$350,000 ,3&up f/m ,6f Dirt

Keeneland: Woodford Presented by FanDuel ,$350,000 ,3&up ,5.5f Turf

Santa Anita: American Pharoah Stakes ,$300,000 ,2yo ,8.5f Dirt

Santa Anita: Chandelier Stakes ,$200,000 ,2yo f ,8.5f Dirt

Santa Anita: Rodeo Drive Stakes ,$300,000 ,3&up f/m ,10f Turf

Woodbine: Durham Cup Stakes ,$150,000 ,3&up ,8.5f AW

Woodbine: E.P. Taylor Stakes ,$750,000 ,3&up f/m ,10f Turf

Woodbine: Nearctic Stakes ,$250,000 ,3&up ,6f Turf

Oct 9

Aqueduct: Beldame ,$250,000 ,3&up f/m ,9f Dirt

Aqueduct: Futurity Stakes ,$150,000 ,2yo ,6f Turf