UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 7,
2007
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Kentucky
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0-1469
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61-0156015
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(State
of incorporation)
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(Commission
file number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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700
Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40208
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(502)
636-4400
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
February 7, 2007, the Board of Directors approved a resolution to designate
Michael W. Anderson the Company’s principal financial officer and the officer to
perform the functions of a Chief Financial Officer for the time frame required
to oversee and complete the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K,
including the signing of such Form 10-K and the certifications required by
Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Mr. Anderson, age 36,
has served as the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer
since June 2002. Mr. Anderson served as Corporate Controller of Churchill Downs
from January 2000 to December 2001. He served as Controller with the Company
from November 1996 to December 1999.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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CHURCHILL
DOWNS INCORPORATED
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February
12, 2007
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/s/
Robert L. Evans
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Robert
L. Evans
President
& Chief Executive Officer
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