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Media Advisory: Churchill Downs to Provide Satellite Feed of Work by Kentucky Derby Winner...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Churchill Downs will provide a satellite feed of video of the final pre-race workout at Churchill Downs by James Tafel's Street Sense, winner of the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), as he prepares for Saturday's Preakness (GI),

the second jewel of racing's Triple Crown.

Trainer Carl Nafzger's colt is worked five furlongs at Churchill Downs on Tuesday, May 15, at approximately 7:40 a.m. EDT. The 3-year-old Thoroughbred covered the five-eighths of a mile distance in 1:00 flat.

Churchill Downs will provide video of the work by the Kentucky Derby winner via special satellite uplink scheduled for Tuesday from 10:30-11 a.m. EDT.

The coordinates for the 10:30-11 a.m. (EDT) satellite uplink of the Street Sense work are:

Satellite               AMC 5
Transponder               10B
Downlink     11980 Horizontal
Data Rate                 9.0
Sym Rate             6.510638
FEC                       3/4

Churchill Downs, the world's most legendary racetrack, has conducted Thoroughbred racing and presented America's greatest race, the Kentucky Derby, continuously since 1875. Located in Louisville, the flagship racetrack of Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ Global Select Market: CHDN) also operates Trackside at Churchill Downs, which offers year-round simulcast wagering at the historic track. Churchill Downs will conduct the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008. The track's 2007 Spring Meet continues through July 8. Churchill Downs has hosted the Breeders' Cup World Championships a record six times. Information about Churchill Downs can be found on the Internet at www.churchilldowns.com.

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