Matt Winn Turf Course

9th-Churchill Downs, $123,240, Msw, 5-21, 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.89, fm, 1 3/4 lengths. TAKING CANDY (c, 3, Twirling Candy--Taking Aim, by Trappe Shot), not seen since his debut last August at Saratoga in a route over the turf where he finished a well-beaten sixth, returned here as the 8-1 choice. The bay colt settled mid-pack as the leaders tried to slow the pace down the backstretch. Into the far turn, Taking Candy looked for running room along the rail, cut to the three path at the top of the lane,...

Churchill Downs Racetrack has suspended racing over its Matt Winn Turf Course for at least two weeks, according to a release from the track. The move comes five days after they announced that they would limit usage of the course to two races per day, and a day after Gingrich, the 9-5 second choice in Friday's second race, was vanned off after he "went wrong" according to the Equibase chart. He was subsequently euthanized. The Matt Winn Course was newly installed for the current meeting which opened April 30. "In...

A new $10-million turf course that will widen the running surface and increase durability to allow for an increased number of races will be installed at Churchill Downs following the Spring 2021 meet at the historic Louisville oval. Officials expect that the new course will be ready for use in the Spring of 2022, but did not rule out the possibility that turf racing could resume in November 2021. The current Matt Winn Turf Course is a seven-eighths mile oval situated inside the dirt track and has been in use...