Recent travelers agreed – Churchill Downs, the racing facility that hosts the annual Kentucky Derby, is just as idyllic as you might have imagined. In fact, visitors said that if there's only ...

As Churchill Downs enters its 150th year of racing ... century-era paddock comes not from photos but from fire insurance maps from The Sanborn Map Company. An 1892 map shows the paddock off ...

The sports world fixates on Churchill Downs on the first Saturday of May each year, for a race that lasts all of two minutes. Outside of those two minutes, Churchill Downs is still a busy place.

But where that city map and its limits stretched to didn’t include the land where Churchill Downs sits. Steve Wiser, a historian with Louisville Historical League, compares it to driving about ...

Churchill Downs announced Friday it will move the remainder of its spring meet to Ellis Park following the death of 12 horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby over the last five weeks.

Churchill Downs Inc. announced Wednesday that its signature racetrack in Louisville will undergo an $80-$90 million renovation of the grandstand that will begin in August and be completed in time ...

Churchill Downs is moving the remainder of its current horse racing meet to Ellis Park in Henderson, the track announced Friday. Live racing will continue Saturday and Sunday at Churchill.

Churchill Downs on Wednesday announced that the Kentucky racetrack, soon to host the annual Kentucky Derby, is pausing a major expansion due to President Trump’s tariffs and overall economic ...