Risen Star Stakes was run in two divisions in 1989, 1993 & 1995. The 2006 race was held at Louisiana Downs. Risen Star Stakes The Risen Star Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in February at the Fair Grounds Race Course. It is open to three-year-old horses and is raced over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $400,000. The race is the major prep race to the Louisiana Derby and one of many prep race preparing colts for the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown. The
Churchill Downs Incorporated Downs agreed to buy a majority share in Rivers Casino Des Plaines, a few miles away from Arlington Park, from Neil Bluhm and his partners for at least $326 million. Churchill Downs Incorporated is listed on the NASDAQ as CHDN. The company is the most profitable track owner in the horse racing industry. Churchill Downs Incorporated owns the following racetrack and casino properties: The company's other business holdings include: Churchill Downs Incorporated Churchill Downs Incorporated is the parent company of Churchill Downs. The company has evolved from one racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, to a multi US-state, publicly traded company with