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The Kentucky Derby Betting Challenge (KDBC) will return in 2027 with a record $400,000 guaranteed prize pool as TwinSpires also unveiled the second season of the TwinSpires Tour, which will award $50,000 in prizes throughout the year. The KDBC, scheduled for Kentucky Derby Day on Saturday, May 1, 2027, will feature a guaranteed $400,000 prize pool following the addition of $50,000 in seeded cash from TwinSpires. Kentucky Oaks Day on Friday, Apr. 30, 2027, will offer a $1,000 First Chance/Last Chance KDBC Qualifier with $25,000 in added cash from TwinSpires....

Although all-sources handle for Derby Week rose to a new record of $487 million--an amount increased by $13 million (3%) from the record set in 2025--handle on Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby Day program was $340 million, down $9 million from the 2025 record of $349 million. All-sources wagering on the Derby itself was $225 million, again down $9 million, from the 2025 record of $234 million. Wagering on TwinSpires, the official betting partner of the Kentucky Derby, reached a new record of $129 million for Churchill Downs's Derby week races,...

1/ST TV will offer video workouts for contenders of this year's GI Kentucky Derby under the "Triple Crown Trail" tab on its website. The section provides free access to a library of current and previous works for Derby contenders. 1/ST TV also supports the workouts for FanDuel and TwinSpires Kentucky Derby preview shows.

On the heels of winning a preliminary injunction last month in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform TwinSpires on Tuesday scored a victory in its overall federal lawsuit against the state of Michigan. On Jan. 6, the lower-court judge in charge of the case issued a summary judgment in favor of TwinSpires, meaning Michigan can't make that ADW partner with a brick-and-mortar racetrack in order to do business in that state. The operator of TwinSpires, Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company (CDT),...

A three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sided with the advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform TwinSpires in a nearly year-old federal lawsuit against the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB). In an opinion issued Dec. 16, the federal appeals court agreed with the Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) subsidiary that operates TwinSpires by ruling that the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA) of 1978 preempts a Michigan licensing requirement requiring that ADW providers be linked to a licensed racetrack and live race meeting. Back on Feb. 19,...

What will racing look like in 10 years? We asked some of racing's best and brightest to give us their predictions. Want to submit an answer? Email suefinley@thetdn.com BARRY IRWIN, CEO OF TEAM VALOR INTERNATIONAL Racing will contract in size and be conducted at fewer venues. The names Stronach and 1st Racing will disappear and become as remote as the names Adena Springs and Magna. NYRA and TwinSpires will control the game. In 2036 there will only be racing in New York (Belmont/Saratoga), Florida (Ocala), Maryland (Pimlico), Kentucky (Keeneland, Churchill,...

Delta Downs decided to give horseplayers an unprecedented break last week. For their daytime cards on Tuesday and Wednesday, the track lowered the takeout in all pools to just 10%. While other tracks have experimented with lowering the takeout in some pools, never before had anyone decided to slash the take in all pools. By doing so, it looked like Delta would provide the industry with some much needed data. What effect would such a low takeout have on handle and how would the ADWs and the CAW players react?...

TwinSpires.com will hold an inaugural Royal Ascot Challenge Series, which will offer horseplayers opportunities to compete for cash prizes as well as potential seats at upcoming tournaments, the company announced Thursday. The first four tournaments, scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, through Friday, June 20, will serve as Royal Ascot "feeders" for the grand finale, the Royal Ascot Challenge held Saturday, June 21. Prizes for the Royal Ascot Challenge include cash and a potential seat in the upcoming Stephen Foster Betting Challenge June 28. "Each year American horseplayers have become increasingly...

The federal lawsuit in Michigan involving TwinSpires and a state law requiring advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platforms to partner with a brick-and-mortar racetrack before accepting simulcast wagers took a twist Friday when a judge granted in part and denied in part a motion by state defendants to dismiss the claim initiated back in January by Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company. "TwinSpires brings this claim under the implied cause of action to enjoin state actors from violating federal law," United States District Court Judge Hala Jarbou of the Western District of Michigan...

All-sources wagering on the 151st running of the GI Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday set a new record of $349 million, smashing the previous record of $320.5 million established in 2024. All-sources wagering on the Derby alone was a record $234.4 million, easily surpassing the previous high-water mark of $210.7 million recorded in 2024. The all-sources handle for the week of racing leading up to an including Derby day set a new mark of $473.9 million, up from $446.6 million last May. TwinSpires, the official betting partner of the...

A federal judge on Friday denied a request by the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) to stay a preliminary injunction that was issued two months ago in favor of the advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform TwinSpires. Back on Feb. 19, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan had ruled that the MGCB was unconstitutionally violating the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA) by requiring that ADW to partner with a brick-and-mortar racetrack in that state before accepting simulcast wagers from Michigan residents. At the time of that earlier ruling,...

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) is unconstitutionally violating the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA) by requiring the advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform TwinSpires to partner with a racetrack in that state before accepting simulcast wagers from Michigan residents. The judge further issued a preliminary injunction ordering the MGCB not to enforce the contested Michigan Horse Racing Law (MHRL) licensing requirement or to issue any sanctions against the Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI) subsidiary for accepting bets. The Feb. 19 order only pertained to the TwinSpires...