Kentucky HBPA

02/05/2026

02/04/2026

Tickets for Kentucky Derby Week and Churchill Downs' 2026 spring meet go on sale at noon ET this Thursday. Opening Saturday goes back to daytime racing (presumably because Oaks Day is now Oaks Night). And for the first time in 15 years, Churchill Downs will run the Sunday after opening day - so from Saturday to Saturday, Derby Week goes from six to seven days, with only that Monday dark.

Tickets for Kentucky Derby Week and the entire Spring Meet at Churchill Downs Racetrack will go on sale Thursday at noon ET. For the first time since 2010, Churchill Downs will return its meet opener and kickoff to Derby Week to the afternoon rather than running at night under the lights as was the....

01/29/2026

🎉Plenty of time left to buy your raffle tickets for a chance to win a box for 6 at the 2026 152nd running of the Ky Derby 🌹 and/or Oaks 🌺!

🤔Have you ever wanted to attend the Derby with a group of 6 friends in awesome box seats but couldn’t afford it?

🙌🏻 We have a great opportunity for you! Churchill Downs has graciously given us a box seat for 6 for Oaks and Derby 2026 to raffle off!

🏇We have 152 raffle tickets for each day so your odds of winning are excellent! OAKS tickets are $75 each. Derby tickets are $150 each!

🌹 The seats are covered in section 324, right before the finish line! You will be under the iconic Twinspires in the historic Churchill Grandstand!

🐎Drawings will take place February 12 just in time for Valentine’s Day ❤️

Click the link to win your chance!

https://secondstride.org/events/

01/29/2026

🚨IMPORTANT UPDATE 🚨

Live Racing has been cancelled due to freezing weather conditions on:
Wednesday, January 28
Thursday, January 29
Friday, January 30
Saturday, January 31

*Homestretch tickets purchased for cancelled dates will be refunded*

Thank you for your patience 🏇❄
For more information visit: https://www.turfway.com/racing/

01/27/2026

Tickets for Keeneland's spring meet go on sale February 17. Check out these new reserved seating-dining venues in the Paddock Building!

Tickets for spring meet go on sale Feb. 17 A Keeneland press release (Keeneland photos, including 1936 Room above, and video) LEXINGTON, KY (Jan. 27, 2026) – Keeneland will celebrate an exciting new chapter during the 2026 Spring Meet with the debut of the interior hospitality spaces within its ne...

01/27/2026

Turfway Park Racing & Gaming advisory:
FLORENCE, Ky. (Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026) – Turfway Park Racing & Gaming has canceled its Wednesday and Thursday live racing programs due to severe winter weather in the Florence, Ky. area.

Officials from the National Weather Service are forecasting wind chill values to not rise above the single digits over the next 48 hours and dip as low as minus 11 degrees on Wednesday.

Turfway Park officials continue to monitor the forecast and will make a determination Wednesday regarding Friday and Saturday’s cards.

For the latest information about racing and gaming from Turfway Park, visit www.turfway.com.
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01/22/2026

Horsemen advisory: Turfway Park has canceled racing for Friday, Jan 23 and Sat Jan, 24 because of the forecast for extreme weather (the trifecta of cold, snow and ice). Quite possible that training will be impacted. The track plans to request permission for make-up dates, TBD.

01/13/2026

The top of the top: Huge shout-out to Brad H. Cox Racing Stable, jockey Jose Ortiz and Godolphin on winning more races (and purse earnings) than anyone at Kentucky's five thoroughbred tracks in 2025. Story includes link to standings provided to the Kentucky HBPA by Equibase Company. Brad, Jose and Godolphin 's KY crowns will be honored on Jeff Ruby Steaks Day March 21 at Turfway Park Racing & Gaming.

More escalating evidence of the increasing strength of the year-round Kentucky circuit: The composite win leaders for 2025 at the commonwealth’s five thoroughbred tracks are some of the biggest names in the world: owner Godolphin (52 wins), trainer Brad Cox (104) and jockey Jose Ortiz (152), who m...

01/10/2026

The hardest part of training race horses is learning to understand they will come in and out of your stable/care. I’ve always loved my horses and still cheer them on when they go on to have new connections. In this story of EPIMYTHIUM, we had fairytale ending. I purchased him from his owner/breeder after he had a few starts. We had a lot of fun and a lot of success together with so many feel-good stories in between. Years later, his most recent trainer reached out this winter giving me the opportunity to purchase him back - I was so thankful for that! At no interest in racing him again, I sent Epi back to his breeder on the farm where he was born and raised so he can have a well deserved winter off before beginning his new career as a riding horse. I’m so grateful to call this boy mine again, but I know I’ll happily be sharing him with my daughter, Jayda 😄🩶
Anna Meah David Meah Scot T. Gillies

01/10/2026

From last night's Kentucky Racing Spotlight radio with Louis Rabaut on ESPN 680 Louisville:
“Kentucky racing is the place to be right now," trainer Tommy Drury tells Louie. "The purse money is off the charts. I raced at Turfway when Turfway wasn’t the place to be. I’m all of sudden looking at these $100,000 purses and it’s like Christmas comes every day…. Whether it’s (former Kentucky Majority Floor Leader) Damon Thayer or (Kentucky House Speaker) David Osborne or the many people who thought for us to put our place back at the head of the table, we’ve been blessed.”

Here's link to the entire interview:

01/09/2026

Surprsinglyperfect winning last April 23 at Turf Paradise under Kevin Krigger. (Photo by Coady Media/Shawn Coady) Making his 13th start of the year and 100th of his career, the 11-year-old gelding Surprsinglyperfect has been named the National HBPA’s 2025 National Claiming Horse of the Year. Based...