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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 6

Keeneland: Darley Alcibiades Stakes ,$600,000 ,2yo f ,8.5f Dirt

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

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

Oct 7

Ascot (UK): Bengough Stakes ,$96,000 ,3&up ,6f Turf

Ascot (UK): Cumberland Lodge Stakes ,$96,000 ,3&up ,12f Turf

Belmont at the Big A: Belmont Turf Sprint ,$200,000 ,3&up ,6f Turf

Belmont at the Big A: Champagne Stakes ,$500,000 ,2yo ,8f Dirt

Belmont at the Big A: Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes ,$200,000 ,3&up f/m ,11f Turf

Belmont at the Big A: Frizette Stakes ,$400,000 ,2yo f ,8f Dirt

Belmont at the Big A: Jockey Club Derby Invitational ,$500,000 ,3yo ,11f Turf

Hastings Racecourse: Premiers ,$100,000 ,3&up ,11f 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 Stakes ,$750,000 ,3&up f/m ,8f Turf

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

Keeneland: Woodford Stakes ,$350,000 ,3&up ,5.5f Turf

Newmarket (UK): Sun Chariot Stakes ,$340,000 ,3&up f/m ,8f 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