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Churchill Downs Incorporated Conducts 2006 Annual Meeting

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Churchill Downs Incorporated ("CDI" or "Company") (NASDAQ: CHDN - News) conducted its annual meeting of shareholders today at Churchill Downs racetrack. During the meeting, CDI shareholders conducted an election of directors and approved amendments to the Company's 2004 Restricted Stock Plan.

The four Class I directors elected for a term of three years are:

- Leonard S. Coleman Jr., senior advisor, Major League Baseball (retired); former president, National League of Professional Baseball Clubs; director, the Omnicom Group, Aramark Corp. (Audit Committee), Electronic Arts Inc., Cedant Corp. and H.J. Heinz Co. (Audit Committee); chairman, The Jackie Robinson Foundation; director, Children's Defense Fund, Spoleto Festival, Little League Baseball, Metropolitan Opera, The Schuman Fund and Village of Waterloo, Urban America; former chairman, ARENACO Inc.;

- Craig J. Duchossois, chief executive officer and director, Duchossois Industries Inc.; chairman, The Chamberlain Group Inc.; chairman, Thrall Car Management Co. Inc.; director, Trinity Industries Inc., LaSalle National Bank, Culver Education Foundation, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Hospitals, Illinois Institute of Technology, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, World Business Chicago and AMX LLC;

- G. Watts Humphrey Jr., president GWH Holdings Inc.; chief executive officer, IPEG and Centria; owner, Shawnee Farm; steward, The Jockey Club; vice chairman, The Blood-Horse Inc.; director, American Horse Council, Breeders' Cup Limited, Keeneland Association, National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Shakertown at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, Inc. and Smithfield Trust Company; member, board of trustees, Centre College and University of Pittsburgh; and

- Thomas H. Meeker, president and chief executive officer, Churchill Downs Incorporated; director, PNC Bank, Kentucky, Inc., and National Thoroughbred Racing Association; member, board of trustees, Centre College.

Following the annual meeting, CDI's board of directors conducted its quarterly meeting, appointed members to serve on its committees, and elected directors for CDI's operating companies.

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