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Churchill Downs faces $2.4 million deadline for unpaid horse racing fees
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Churchill Downs faces $2.4 million deadline for unpaid horse racing fees

  • WDRB Digital Staff
  • Updated Mar 18, 2026

Churchill Downs and affiliates must pay $5 million in overdue horse racing fees or face suspension.

Racing Notebook: Preakness ratings slide; Alvarado could see Derby crop fine cut
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Racing Notebook: Preakness ratings slide; Alvarado could see Derby crop fine cut

  • Eric Crawford
  • Updated May 21, 2025

With Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty skipping the second leg of the Triple Crown, NBC’s race segment averaged just 4.56 million viewers, its lowest Preakness audience since 1995.

NYRA is spearheading a study on the impacts of various surfaces in horse racing
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NYRA is spearheading a study on the impacts of various surfaces in horse racing

  • By STEPHEN WHYNO - AP Sports Writer
  • Updated Apr 23, 2025

The formation of the all-weather-surfaces committee announced Wednesday comes after spates of horse deaths around the U.S. last year.

HISA releases National Concussion Protocol for Jockeys
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HISA releases National Concussion Protocol for Jockeys

  • Updated Oct 26, 2023

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority recommended the protocol Thursday for racetracks under its jurisdiction.

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Horse racing fans react to Churchill Downs' decision to move spring meet to Ellis Park
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Horse racing fans react to Churchill Downs' decision to move spring meet to Ellis Park

  • Jailen Leavell
  • Updated Jun 4, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Horse racing fans around Louisville are changing their habits after Churchill Downs opted to move the remainder of i…

HISA emergency summit looks for answers to Churchill Downs horse deaths, seeks recommendations
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HISA emergency summit looks for answers to Churchill Downs horse deaths, seeks recommendations

  • Eric Crawford
  • Updated May 30, 2023

It's the first crisis test for HISA, formed in 2020 by an act of Congress. 

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Horse deaths cast shadow as Triple Crown shifts to Preakness
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Horse deaths cast shadow as Triple Crown shifts to Preakness

  • By GARY B. GRAVES - AP Sports Writer
  • Updated May 8, 2023

Seven horses have died following injuries at the track since April 27, including Derby entrant Wild On Ice.

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