Famed Las Vegas Oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough Joins Derby 129 Handicapping Team

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 1, 2003) - As one of the country's top oddsmakers, Michael "Roxy" Roxborough set the morning line for everything from who will win the Super Bowl to whether scientists will find a cure for the common cold. This year, the handicapping guru once known as "the man who made the odds in Las Vegas" joins Churchill Downs' team of online handicappers with his "Top 20" picks for the Kentucky Derby (Grade I), scheduled for its 129th renewal on Saturday, May 3.

Roxborough's list of Derby favorites can be found at www.kentuckyderby.com, the official Web site of the Kentucky Derby and Oaks. The noted handicapper provides a brief analysis of his "Top 20" contenders' past performances, along with his current Derby odds for each horse. Roxborough joins Churchill Downs' official team of Derby prognosticators - John Asher, Steve Fugitte, John Gaver III and Lane Gold - from his home in Bangkok, Thailand, where he's lived for the past three years.

"As a life-long fan of horseracing and the Kentucky Derby, I'm thrilled to share my insights on how the field for this year's 'Run for the Roses' is shaping up," said Roxborough. "The Derby is one of the world's most challenging events to handicap, and Kentuckyderby.com offers all the behind-the-scenes news and information a serious horseplayer needs to research the crop of 3-year-old Thoroughbreds and sort the contenders from the pretenders. I'm happy to add my selections to those of Churchill Downs' team of experts."

Roxborough may be best known for founding Las Vegas Sports Consultants ("LVSC") in 1982, through which he provided odds to major Nevada sportsbooks as well as licensed bookmaking operations in Mexico, Europe and Australia. By mixing mathematics with computer technology, he has consistently provided bookmakers with the most accurate odds available. Roxborough retired from LVSC in 1999 and currently devotes his time to his syndicated column, America's Line, which appears in more than 125 newspapers in the United States and Canada.

Among his many professional distinctions, Roxborough has been listed as one GQ magazine's "50 Most Important People in Sports" and the Daily Racing Form's "10 Most Influential People in Gaming."

Kentuckyderby.com is the official Web site of the Kentucky Derby and is owned and operated by Churchill Downs Incorporated (Nasdaq: CHDN). As one of the world's premier sporting events and the first leg of horse racing's Visa Triple Crown Challenge, the Kentucky Derby traditionally takes place on the first Saturday in May. The 129th running of this celebrated event is scheduled for May 3, 2003, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Approximately 150,000 people attend the Derby in person, with more than 20 million people tuning in via television and radio worldwide.

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