Kentucky Oaks to Also Raise Money for the Fight Against Breast Cancer on Behalf
of Horses and Hope
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(Business Wire)--
Churchill Downs Racetrack, host of the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks, and
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world`s largest breast cancer organization,
announced today a partnership to raise funds to aid in breast cancer awareness
and research. Kentucky Oaks 135, the companion event to the annual Kentucky
Derby, will feature a day of events to raise money and awareness for Komen,
which leads the global movement for breast cancer research, education, advocacy
and community support. The Kentucky Oaks is scheduled for Friday, May 1, 2009,
one day before the famed "Run for the Roses."

Also today, Churchill Downs announced that NBC Sports will produce a special
featuring the food, fashion and celebrity experience associated with Kentucky
Oaks Day to be broadcast on sister cable network Bravo. The program also will
include special on-track events related to the new partnership with Susan G.
Komen for the Cure, from 5-6 p.m. EDT on May 1. Bravo is a program service of
NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal. NBC Sports will
again broadcast the Kentucky Derby that begins with celebrity Red Carpet
arrivals on Saturday, May 2, at 4 p.m.

Through the new partnership with Susan G. Komen, Churchill Downs will donate at
least $100,000 to Komen by dedicating funds from Kentucky Oaks 135 general
admission and reserve seating attendance. If the effort to draw Komen survivors
and supporters to Oaks 135 sets a new attendance record (current Oaks Day record
is 111,243), Churchill Downs will donate $1 for every Oaks attendee, up to a
maximum donation of $135,000 to the nonprofit organization in 2009.