# Churchill Downs Inc > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e | | Entity type | Company | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/churchill-downs-inc | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | source_reported | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 15 | | Claims under review | 5 | | Evidence records | 4 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Churchill Downs Inc - Display name: Churchill Downs Inc ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-17T16:35:06.874954+00:00 | | Completeness | 0.409 | | Record Quality | 0.811 | | Directors | 5 | | Committees | 3 | | Governance events | 5 | | Entity class | public_company | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_REVIEWED | | board | PUBLISHED | | committees | PUBLISHED | | leadership | PUBLISHED | | ownership | NOT_REVIEWED | | financials | NOT_REVIEWED | | capital_structure | PUBLISHED | | compensation | NOT_REVIEWED | | governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | shareholder_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | audit | NOT_REVIEWED | | legal | NOT_REVIEWED | | risk | NOT_REVIEWED | | cyber | NOT_REVIEWED | | ai_governance | NOT_REVIEWED | | agent_governance | RESTRICTED | | markets_external | NOT_REVIEWED | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Board - Karole F. Lloyd: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2018-01-01. Committees: Audit (chair); Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance (member); Nominating and Governance (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:6 - R. Alex Rankin: Director. Status: current. Independent: true. Since: 2008-01-01. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:7 - Daniel P. Harrington: Director (committee appointment). Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. Committees: Audit (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_record:9 - Douglas C. Grissom: Director (committee appointment). Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. Committees: Nominating and Governance (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_record:17 - Paul C. Varga: Director (committee appointment). Status: unknown. Independent: NOT_PUBLISHED. Since: NOT_PUBLISHED. Committees: Audit (member). claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_record:9 ## Committees - Audit (audit). Chair: Karole F. Lloyd. Members: Karole F. Lloyd (chair, current); Daniel P. Harrington (member, current); Paul C. Varga (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:churchill-downs-inc:audit - Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance (audit). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Karole F. Lloyd (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:churchill-downs-inc:audit-chair-nominating-and-governance - Nominating and Governance (nominating_governance). Chair: NOT_PUBLISHED. Members: Douglas C. Grissom (member, current); Karole F. Lloyd (member, current). committee_id=alpha:committee:churchill-downs-inc:nominating-and-governance ## Executive leadership - Bradley K. Blackwell: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary [GC]. Status: current. claim_id=alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:8 ## Governance events - GC_CHANGED: Bradley K. Blackwell executive of Churchill Downs Inc, effective 2026-03-12. Effective: 2026-03-12. Detected: 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:kvbvae1sr1zhy - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Karole F. Lloyd seat on Churchill Downs Inc, effective 2018-01-01. Effective: 2018-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:g3pmxh1wbdrtf - COMMITTEE_CREATED: Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of Churchill Downs Inc, effective 2018-01-01. Effective: 2018-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:no5hqtccnmqj - COMMITTEE_MEMBER_ADDED: Karole F. Lloyd member of Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2018-01-01. Effective: 2018-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:1lq5k6217cgl1q - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: R. Alex Rankin seat on Churchill Downs Inc, effective 2008-01-01. Effective: 2008-01-01. Detected: 2026-10-17T04:45:41.550633+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:7cgfyf7rjwzb ## Scoped resources - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://company/churchill-downs-inc/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - NOT_ASSERTED ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - Claim alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:10: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Audit","category":"audit","role":"chair","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:karole-f-lloyd","name":"Karole F. Lloyd"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:11: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Audit","category":"audit","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:daniel-p-harrington","name":"Daniel P. Harrington"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:12: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Audit","category":"audit","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:paul-c-varga","name":"Paul C. Varga"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:18: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Nominating and Governance","category":"nominating_governance","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:douglas-c-grissom","name":"Douglas C. Grissom"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` - Claim alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:19: `{"kind":"committee_appointment","original_name":"Nominating and Governance","category":"nominating_governance","role":"member","person":{"alpha_id":"alpha:person:karole-f-lloyd","name":"Karole F. Lloyd"},"source_id":"board_seats"}` ## Leadership - Karole F. Lloyd: Director, Audit · Chair; Nominating and Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:6. Valid from: 2018-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:f59ffe2fed90475ce9845999a970acc0369f1af5bd66044f0577e933b3522992. - R. Alex Rankin: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:7. Valid from: 2008-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:f59ffe2fed90475ce9845999a970acc0369f1af5bd66044f0577e933b3522992. - Bradley K. Blackwell: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Secretary. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:leadership_role:8. Valid from: 2026-03-12. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:28fd40f7770f708a96daa8d524fbf558d97aca305e82f20d58c500912a20fd9b. ## Roles - PUBLISHED ## Governance - NOT_ASSERTED ## Board committees - Audit: Chair Karole F. Lloyd; Members Karole F. Lloyd (Chair); Daniel P. Harrington; Paul C. Varga. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_record:9. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. - Nominating and Governance: Chair not stated; Members Douglas C. Grissom; Karole F. Lloyd. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_record:17. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. ## Financials - NOT_ASSERTED ## Workforce - NOT_ASSERTED ## Market and index context - PUBLISHED ## Legal Name - Churchill Downs Inc. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:legal_name:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35. ## Entity Status - Public listing published. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:entity_status:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35. ## Published Fact - US. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:published_fact:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35. - Consumer Discretionary. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:published_fact:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35. ## Committee Appointment - Karole F. Lloyd: chair, Audit. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:10. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. - Daniel P. Harrington: member, Audit. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. - Paul C. Varga: member, Audit. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. - Douglas C. Grissom: member, Nominating and Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:18. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. - Karole F. Lloyd: member, Nominating and Governance. Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:committee_appointment:19. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1. ## Security Listing - CHDN (NASDAQ). Claim: alpha:claim:company:3600284a-9468-4ea9-8a49-b3618c9acb8e:security_listing:20. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | PUBLISHED | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | NOT_ASSERTED | | Financials | NOT_ASSERTED | | Workforce | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ownership | NOT_ASSERTED | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | PUBLISHED | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:0e05b12127e895cc59548bf55339209ac193dc95f24b8b82243b4f4363ad8b35: [Alpha canonical company public projection](https://www.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:f59ffe2fed90475ce9845999a970acc0369f1af5bd66044f0577e933b3522992: [Churchill Downs Inc DEF 14A 2026-03-12](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000119312526104118/d123994ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:28fd40f7770f708a96daa8d524fbf558d97aca305e82f20d58c500912a20fd9b: [CHDN DEF 14A executive officers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000119312526104118/d123994ddef14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:49e05cdcceb538385c75e4b1484496bd7df467585ecd86a9945b2fe377f888d1: [Audit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/20212/000119312526104118/d123994ddef14a.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist. - Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included. - Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist. - Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights. - This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/churchill-downs-inc) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/churchill-downs-inc.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/companies/churchill-downs-inc?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://companies/churchill-downs-inc` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage. ## Critical-risk oversight Snapshot as of 2026-10-17T16:35:06.650379+00:00; recorded 2026-10-17T16:35:06.650379+00:00. Every published assignment for this snapshot is listed. Only explicitly reviewed, rights-cleared assignments in effect on the as-of date, in the company's own wording. An assignment shows where oversight is placed, not whether it is effective. Missing records do not establish absence.