Current Report on Form 8-K
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): March 14, 2007



(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kentucky
0-1469
61-0156015
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40208
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(502) 636-4400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED

INDEX

Item 5.02
 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
 
On March 14, 2007, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Churchill Downs Incorporated (the “Company”) approved the payout of cash bonuses for 2006 to the Company’s “named executive officers” (as defined by Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K). The Committee approved the following cash bonuses to be paid to the Company’s named executive officers: Mr. Meeker, $500,580; Mr. Carstanjen, $247,680; Mr. Miller, $192,144; and Mr. Sexton, $159,833.
 




SIGNATURES

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.

 
CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED
   
   
   
March 19, 2007
 /s/ Michael W. Anderson
 
Michael W. Anderson
Vice President and Treasurer