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CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED

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Registration No.
F99000000579
Incorporation Date
1999-01-29
Company Type
N/A
Address
Louisville, United States
Website
www.churchilldownsincorporated.com/
Source: Florida Department of State — Sunbiz

Churchill Downs Incorporated is a Kentucky corporation headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, best known for owning and operating Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CHDN, and the company is a constituent of the S&P MidCap 400 index. The Florida registration referenced elsewhere in this profile (document number F99000000579, filed with the Florida Department of State) reflects Churchill Downs Incorporated’s authorisation to transact business in Florida, a state where the company has historically operated racing and gaming assets such as Calder Race Course and Tropical Park, rather than its state of incorporation, which SEC filings confirm as Kentucky.

Churchill Downs Incorporated operates through three reportable business segments. Live and Historical Racing covers live pari-mutuel racing at Churchill Downs Racetrack and historical horse racing (HRM) venues in Kentucky, Virginia and New Hampshire. Wagering Services and Solutions includes the TwinSpires retail and online wagering and sports-betting platform, United Tote Company’s pari-mutuel wagering systems, and Exacta Systems’ central-determinant technology used in HRM machines nationally. Gaming comprises regional casino properties operating slot machines, video lottery terminals and table games across several US states. As of 31 December 2025, the company reported approximately 9,000 team members, of whom around 6,600 were full-time, in its Form 10-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

For fiscal year 2025, Churchill Downs Incorporated reported net revenue of approximately $2.93 billion, up from about $2.73 billion in fiscal year 2024. In results announced on 29 July 2026, the company reported second-quarter 2026 net revenue of $980 million and net income of $241 million, aided by record viewership for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby. In November 2022, Churchill Downs Incorporated completed its approximately $2.8 billion acquisition of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment’s gaming assets, including Colonial Downs, Del Lago Resort & Casino and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City, materially expanding its regional gaming footprint.

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Shareholders

5

Shareholders of Churchill Downs Incorporated

As a Nasdaq-listed company, Churchill Downs Incorporated’s disclosed shareholder base reflects the reportable positions that institutional investment managers file periodically, rather than a fixed shareholder register. The data behind this profile lists five reportable holdings as of 4 September 2026: Vanguard Group Inc (14.7%), iShares Trust – iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (5.2%), AMCAP Fund (3.7%), Jennison Associates LLC (3.0%) and SmallCap World Fund Inc (2.7%). Independent research corroborates substantial institutional ownership of Churchill Downs Incorporated: separate market-data summaries report The Vanguard Group and BlackRock, Inc. among its largest holders, alongside American Funds/Capital Research and Management Company vehicles; AMCAP Fund and SmallCap World Fund are both Capital Research-managed funds, consistent with Capital Research’s separately reported combined stake in the company. Reported percentages vary somewhat between sources because institutional ownership is refiled quarterly and each source may reflect a different snapshot date. All five holdings shown are asset managers or investment funds rather than individuals, and none is disclosed as a beneficial owner in its own right.

Data availability

Shareholder disclosure for Churchill Downs Incorporated is best described as major shareholders only: as a Nasdaq-listed company, only the holdings that institutional managers must report in periodic filings are captured here, not the complete beneficial shareholder base, and the percentages shown reflect the filing date noted above rather than real-time ownership. No natural-person ultimate beneficial owner is identified in the reviewed sources, consistent with Churchill Downs Incorporated’s status as a widely held public company; this reflects the absence of a controlling shareholder disclosure rather than an incomplete search, so no UBO section is presented.

Sources

  • Florida Department of State – Sunbiz – company registration record – https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz – retrieved 9 September 2026
  • US Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR filings for Churchill Downs Inc (CIK 0000020212) – https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=0000020212 – retrieved 11 September 2026
  • Simply Wall St via Yahoo Finance, “With 78% ownership, Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) boasts of strong institutional backing” – https://finance.yahoo.com/news/78-ownership-churchill-downs-incorporated-183445637.html – retrieved 11 September 2026
Shareholder Type Holding Source Document
Vanguard Group Inc 14.7% Florida Department of State — Sunbiz
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 5.2% Florida Department of State — Sunbiz
AMCAP FUND 3.7% Florida Department of State — Sunbiz
Jennison Associates LLC 3% Florida Department of State — Sunbiz
SmallCap World Fund Inc 2.7% Florida Department of State — Sunbiz

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Officers

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Directors and officers of Churchill Downs Incorporated

The registry snapshot behind this profile lists five active officer records for Churchill Downs Incorporated out of 21 on record, all sharing the company’s Louisville, Kentucky headquarters address (600 North Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite 400) as a corporate correspondence address rather than a personal residential address. Cross-checking against Churchill Downs Incorporated’s own official website and press releases confirms William C. Carstanjen as Chief Executive Officer, a role he has held since August 2014 after previously serving as President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2014) and in earlier general counsel and development roles at the company since 2005; and confirms Sam Ullrich as Vice President of Investor Relations, an appointment announced in an official company press release. One registry record (recorded under the surname Dobson) contains corrupted and truncated fields in the underlying data feed, including a garbled job title and address, and is therefore not relied on here beyond confirming that an officer record exists. Two further registry entries are recorded only as “Vice President” without additional detail that could be independently verified against a primary source. Churchill Downs Incorporated’s own leadership page separately identifies William E. Mudd as President and Chief Operating Officer, Marcia A. Dall as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Bradley Blackwell as Executive Vice President and General Counsel; none of these three appear in the registry sample reviewed, indicating that the registry snapshot captures only part of the company’s full officer roster. No appointment or resignation dates are disclosed in the registry data reviewed, and nationality and country of residence are not disclosed for any individual.

Data availability

Officer information for Churchill Downs Incorporated is partial: the reviewed registry snapshot captures 5 of the 21 officer records it references, without appointment or resignation dates, and does not disclose nationality or country of residence for any individual, so these fields are not disclosed rather than confirmed absent. One record contains data-quality errors (truncated/garbled fields) that prevent reliable use. All addresses shown are the company’s corporate correspondence address and should not be used to infer nationality or residence.

Sources

  • Churchill Downs Incorporated – Executive Management – https://www.churchilldownsincorporated.com/leadership/executive-management/ – retrieved 11 September 2026
  • Churchill Downs Incorporated – “Churchill Downs Incorporated Names Sam Ullrich Vice President of Investor Relations” – official press release – https://ir.churchilldownsincorporated.com/news-releases/news-release-details/churchill-downs-incorporated-names-sam-ullrich-vice-president – retrieved 11 September 2026
CW
Carstanjen William ACTIVE

Residence
🇺🇸 United States
Occupation
Ceo

BC
Beeding Cathy ACTIVE

Residence
🇺🇸 United States
Occupation
Vp

JT
Jenkins Tom ACTIVE

Residence
🇺🇸 United States
Occupation
Vp

DC
Dobson Chad ACTIVE

Residence
🇺🇸 United States
Occupation
Chie

SU
Sam Ullrich ACTIVE

Residence
🇺🇸 United States
Occupation
Vice President Of Investor Relations

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Group Structure

Group structure of Churchill Downs Incorporated

Churchill Downs Incorporated is an independent, Nasdaq-listed public company and is not a subsidiary of any other corporate group; it sits at the top of its own ownership structure as its own ultimate parent. The registry data behind this profile lists approximately 59 subsidiary entities recorded beneath Churchill Downs Incorporated, predominantly single-member LLCs and corporations formed across US states including Kentucky, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Maryland, Ohio, New Hampshire, Washington, Massachusetts, Maine and California, plus one entity in Canada (United Tote Canada Inc). None of the entries discloses an ownership or voting percentage, so no calculated effective-ownership figure can be produced from this data alone. Cross-checking a sample of the listed names against Churchill Downs Incorporated’s own public disclosures corroborates that many are genuine, previously disclosed CDI subsidiaries or operating brands, including United Tote Company and Exacta Systems, LLC (both part of the company’s disclosed Wagering Services and Solutions segment), Churchill Downs Racetrack, LLC and Derby City Gaming, LLC (Kentucky HRM operations), the Turfway Park entities (Kentucky racetrack), the Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company entities operating Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Ocean Downs LLC and Miami Valley Gaming & Racing, LLC (regional gaming properties), and Youbet.com, Inc. (a wagering business acquired in 2010). Calder Race Course, Inc. and Tropical Park, LLC reflect the company’s historical Florida racing operations, consistent with the separate Florida foreign-qualification filing referenced elsewhere in this profile.

Verified corporate relationships

Entity Country Registration number Relationship Ownership Status Information date
United Tote Company United States (Kentucky) US KY D041983 Subsidiary (affiliate confirmed via public segment disclosure; precise ownership tier not disclosed) Ownership percentage not disclosed Active 4 September 2026 (registry snapshot)
Exacta Systems, LLC United States #0191463431 Subsidiary (affiliate confirmed via public segment disclosure) Ownership percentage not disclosed Active 4 September 2026 (registry snapshot)
Churchill Downs Racetrack, LLC United States (Kentucky) US KY 0844108 Direct subsidiary; Derby City Gaming, LLC recorded as an indirect subsidiary beneath it Ownership percentage not disclosed Active 4 September 2026 (registry snapshot)
Youbet.com, Inc. United States (California) US CA 2560781 Subsidiary (acquired 2010, per company history); Youbet Oregon Inc recorded as an indirect subsidiary beneath it Ownership percentage not disclosed Active 4 September 2026 (registry snapshot)

Recent structural changes

In November 2022, Churchill Downs Incorporated completed its approximately $2.8 billion acquisition of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment’s gaming assets, adding Colonial Downs, Del Lago Resort & Casino and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City to the group. None of these entities appears by name in the subsidiary list reviewed for this profile, suggesting that list may not yet reflect this transaction or records these assets under different legal-entity names.

Data availability

Corporate-linkage information for Churchill Downs Incorporated is best described as subsidiaries only: the registry data lists numerous subsidiary entities but discloses no ownership or voting percentages and no parent company, consistent with Churchill Downs Incorporated being the top of its own group. This list should not be treated as exhaustive or fully current: it omits some publicly known 2022 acquisitions, and subsidiary registries generally capture only entities for which a filing has actually been made in that jurisdiction.

Sources

  • Florida Department of State – Sunbiz – company and affiliated-entity registration records – https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz – retrieved 9 September 2026
  • Churchill Downs Incorporated – second quarter 2026 results press release – https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000020212/000002021226000058/ex991pressrelease07-29×26.htm – retrieved 11 September 2026
  • Churchill Downs Incorporated – Wikipedia (corroborating corporate history and segment context) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Downs_Incorporated – retrieved 11 September 2026
Ultimate HQ
CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED
United States
Cumberland Run, LLC
United StatesUS KY 0920917

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED do?

Churchill Downs Incorporated is a Kentucky corporation that owns and operates Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby, and runs three business segments: Live and Historical Racing, Wagering Services and Solutions (including TwinSpires, United Tote and Exacta Systems), and Gaming, which operates casino properties across several US states.

Who owns CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED?

Institutional asset managers hold the largest disclosed positions in Churchill Downs Incorporated, led by Vanguard Group Inc, alongside Capital Research and Management-affiliated funds such as AMCAP Fund and SmallCap World Fund and other institutional holders. No individual shareholder is disclosed as a beneficial owner.

Who is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?

No ultimate beneficial owner is identified for Churchill Downs Incorporated. It is a widely held Nasdaq-listed public company, and no individual is disclosed as controlling 25 percent or more of its shares, directly or indirectly.

What is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's company registration number?

CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's registration number is F99000000579, filed with Florida Department of State — Sunbiz in United States. Its current status on the register is active.

Is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED still an active company?

CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's status on Florida Department of State — Sunbiz is listed as active.

When was CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED incorporated?

CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED was incorporated on 29 January 1999, according to Florida Department of State — Sunbiz.

What is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's registered address?

The registered address on file for CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED is Louisville, United States.

What is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED's revenue?

Churchill Downs Incorporated reported net revenue of approximately $2.93 billion for fiscal year 2025, up from about $2.73 billion in fiscal year 2024.

Is CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED listed on a stock exchange?

Churchill Downs Incorporated trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CHDN and is a constituent of the S&P MidCap 400 index.

Who are the officers/directors of CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED?

William C. Carstanjen has served as Chief Executive Officer of Churchill Downs Incorporated since August 2014. Other confirmed officers include William E. Mudd as President and Chief Operating Officer, Marcia A. Dall as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Sam Ullrich as Vice President of Investor Relations.

Does CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED have a parent company or subsidiaries?

Churchill Downs Incorporated is an independent public company at the top of its own corporate group, with dozens of US subsidiaries operating its racing, wagering and gaming businesses. Ownership percentages within the group are not publicly disclosed.

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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?

This record is sourced directly from Florida Department of State — Sunbiz and was last synced on 9 September 2026.

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