Ramseys earn single-season record 28th win at Churchill’s spring meet

Ken Ramsey, his son Jeff (far left), jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, grandson William (2nd from right) and trainer Mike Maker (far right) celebrated the Ramseys’ single-season record at Churchill (Churchill Downs/Reed Palmer Photography)

Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Churchill Downs’ all-time leading
owners in races won with 360, scored a single-season record 28th win of the
38-day spring meet when The Sixties cruised to a five-length victory in
Thursday’s

5TH race.

The Ramseys’ record 28th win broke the previous single-season mark of 27, which
was set by A.J. Foyt Jr. during the 93-day spring/summer meet in 1984. They
equaled the old record on June 23 when Smittenwithkitten won the 7TH race
and gave the Nicholasville, Kentucky, couple their third winner of the afternoon.

“It’s an honor to break the record and we did it in less than half the time,”
Ken Ramsey said.

The Ramseys are poised to collect their record 19th title as the meet’s leading
owner at Churchill Downs. They lead Bert, Elaine and Richard Klein by 21 with 32
races remaining. This will be their ninth at the spring meet and first since
2009. They also have won 10 fall meet titles, most recently in 2011.

Jeff, Ken and William Ramsey (left to right) lead The Sixties into the Churchill winner’s circle (Churchill Downs/Reed Palmer Photography)

The spring meet ends Sunday and the Ramseys have six horses entered Friday, two
horses entered Saturday and seven horses entered on closing day.

“Now we’re going to pad the record and put it out of reach,” Ramsey said.
“We’re going to try to get 30 here.”

The Ramseys, Eclipse Awards winners for outstanding owner in 2004 and 2011, won
25 races at Keeneland’s spring meet to shatter the previous record of 12 wins
by an owner during a single race meeting at that Lexington, Kentucky, racetrack.