Spooked by the sound of concrete falling off a walkway at a nearby construction site, a group of military horses bolted and dropped their riders before
With opening day of the 2024 Thoroughbred season set for this Saturday, Woodbine Entertainment will debut a new infield LED video board at Woodbine Racetrack to enhance the in-venue experience for all guests.
“Alydar is moving swiftly on the outside … at the top of the stretch, Alydar moves by very easily, takes the lead, opens it out to 3 ½ lengths … we have
After a near-unbeaten campaign, Touchuponastar was voted 2023 Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association's board of directors.
Manny Franco’s total of nine wins from 20 mounts at Aqueduct including a listed stakes race was nothing short of exceptional and led the panel of racing experts to vote Franco Jockey of the Week April 15 through April 21.
Justify, the champion 2-year-old sire in North America and sire of Australian Group 2 winner Storm Boy, won’t be returning to stand at Coolmore Australia this spring and will remain at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky where he will cover a select book of mares to Southern Hemisphere time late in the year.
As fans and media alike prepare to get their first looks at Kentucky Derby hopefuls in the coming days, you might notice some unusual coloring on the hooves of top contender Fierceness, the reigning 2-year-old champion and winner of the Grade 1 Florida Derby in his last start.
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program is excited to host its 7th Annual Open Barn & BBQ, presented by Seidman Stables, LLC on Thursday, April 25 from 4:00 p.m.
Saturday proved to be a banner day for two of the sport’s premier athletes, while the human side of the equation produced equally stellar heroics. At the
What race for 3-year-olds has produced the most Kentucky Derby winners? If the past is prologue, recent history might help us solve the annual handicapping
America’s racing champions have come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, from the burnished copper magnificence of Man o’ War and Secretariat, the near-black beauty of the free-running Ruffian, the ordinary bay of John Henry, and the towering powerhouse that was Forego.
The Daily Racing Form reported Tuesday that Frankie Dettori has picked up the Kentucky Derby mount aboard Society Man, last-out second-place finisher in the Grade 2 Wood Memorial.
Repole Stable’s Fierceness, the champion 2-year-old of 2023 and possible favorite for the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) Presented by Woodford Reserve, made his first appearance on the track at Churchill Downs on a sun-splashed Tuesday morning.
Keeneland’s April Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale will begin at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, closing day of the Spring Meet. Click here for the online catalog and here for full-sale form figures.
Uptowncharlybrown has been a fixture among Pennsylvania's top stallions for nearly a decade, and last year, that long climb saw him finish atop the list by Pennsylvania stallion award earnings.
Nine new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 is comprised of jockey Joel Rosario and racehorses
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is expanding the highly popular Saratoga Breakfast and Breeding Farm tour program this summer with the addition of a third participant, Sugar Plum Farm, to complement incumbents Old Tavern Farm and Song Hill Thoroughbreds.
Starting Thursday and continuing through Wednesday, May 1, Churchill Downs will be open free-of-charge daily from 7-10 a.m. so guests can watch the nation’s top 3-year-old Thoroughbreds train toward their engagements in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has announced a new national campaign, Safety Runs First, and corresponding website to promote the sport’s collective commitment to safety, welfare, and integrity.
Lone Star Park track announcer Jim Byers said, "First time is the charm for Christopher Elliott," as Ru More Starter crossed the finish line 3 3/4 lengths in front in the third race at the Grand Prairie, Texas, track on April 21.
Trainer Saffie Joseph told the Daily Racing Form on Monday that jockey Jose Ortiz will be named to ride Catalytic in this year's Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Julien Leparoux when runner-up in the Florida Derby (G1), Catalytic was beaten 13 1/2 lengths by Fierceness.
With a compact field of 36 expected this year's edition of the five star Defender Kentucky event, a total of four full Thoroughbreds are expected to tackle the three day eventing top-level competition at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
Donte Lowery needed a change. He had lost his mother, Nina Lowery Jackson, to cancer when he was still a teenager. He was galloping horses in his hometown of Charles Town, W.
On a chilly Monday morning at Churchill Downs, the action was non-stop at trainer Bill Mott’s Barn 19 as his Kentucky Derby and Oaks hopefuls Resilience (five furlongs, 1:01.60) and Just F Y I (five furlongs, :59.80) had published workouts beneath the Twin Spires.
Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., will not run its traditional summer meet this year – that’s the conclusion from a special meeting of the Colorado Horse Racing Commission on April 22.
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