Churchill Downs International

After 25 years at the helm of Turfway Park, and 13 years as general manager, Chip Bach will retire from his duties with the Florence, Kentucky track effective Apr. 1, the venue announced Monday morning. Bach began his career at Turfway in 1999 as director of operations and human resources. In 2012, he was promoted to general manager of Turfway and later added oversight of Newport Racing & Gaming when it opened in 2020 during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As general manager, Bach helped oversee the track's transition...

The folks who fought to preserve racing at the Northern California's remote half-miler in Ferndale deserve tremendous respect and credit for soldiering on to the bitter end. Make no mistake, the cessation of racing at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds in the coastal region of NorCal definitely rates as "bitter." There is no sugarcoating this one like a sticky tuft of cotton candy from the midway of Humboldt County's charmingly rural fairgrounds, whose ties to the sport date to 1896. Advocates for racing at Ferndale (pop. 1,398), a Victorian village with...

After two years of rebuilding, Turfway Park will welcome back live racing fans Wednesday, Nov. 30 with first post time scheduled for 6:15p.m. The 19-day Holiday Meet covers a five-week stretch with live racing Wednesday to Saturday through Saturday, Dec. 31, with the exception of a switch from Saturday, Dec. 10 to Sunday, Dec. 11 and no racing on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. First post-time is 6:15PM and Saturday's race program will start at 12:45p.m. "We look forward to welcoming back our racing fans, who have made many memories at...