The inevitable has occurred. Godolphin has announced that its all-time winningest globetrotting horse and worldwide fan-favorite Rebel’s Romance has been retired from racing. Over a career that spanned seven seasons,...
The gorgeous roan who single-hoofedly gave rise to a love of the grey among racing fans a decade ago is gone. Everyone's favorite and favoritely named grey, Frosted has passed...
“To sleep! perchance to dream.” —Hamlet In sports, athletes are often so closely connected with their trainer or coach that the one is indistinguishable without the other. Muhammad Ali and...
Afleet Alex, winner of both the 2005 Preakness Stake (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) after finishing third in that year's Kentucky Derby (G1) on the First Saturday in May, has...
Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement home in Georgetown, Kentucky announced Thursday that 1997 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, Touch Gold, was humanely euthanized at age 31 “due to the infirmities of old...
It is inarguably the most iconic image in the history of Thoroughbred racing. On June 9, 1973 at New York’s Belmont Park, a young man wearing the royal blue-and-white checkered...
Mark Casse always has time to talk Tepin. With a stable of horses that competes nearly every day of the week for a majority of the season across the U.S....
It was fitting that this year’s running of the Belmont Stakes produced a different winner from the first two jewels of the Triple Crown. Mystik Dan pulled off the upset...
Seize the Grey was simply perfect in the Preakness. The $2 million Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown, played out to a packed house at Pimlico on Saturday....
It came down to the wire—again—for the 150th Kentucky Derby winner, but the good news was worth waiting for. This weekend, Mystik Dan’s trainer, Kenny McPeek, announced that the colt...
It was a picture-perfect finish for Mystik Dan in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. As far as dramatic endings go, Saturday’s edition of the $5 million, Grade 1 classic at Churchill...
Saturday’s 24th edition of the Dubai World Cup, the richest day in horseracing, was indeed rich in many respects. The headliner was lightly regarded Laurel River’s record 8 ½-length front-running...
There was a point in time when the trainer of the beautifully bred bay gelding felt breaking his maiden was a longshot hope. A son of Candy Ride (ARG) and...
There are times when the unexpected victories are the most treasured ones. Everyone connected to the maiden 2-year-old filly felt she would step up in a big way in her...
His name suggests a regal life from the day he was born, but Frost King was very much a horse of the people. In many ways, the royal-looking roan had...
When the regal-looking chestnut took his first steps onto the racetrack just over 20 years ago, the thousands who had packed the Woodbine grandstand roared in approval, hopeful that they...
Ericka Rusnak was able to view an historic edition of Canada’s most famous horse race through a most unique lens on August 20. As the breeder of Paramount Prince, Rusnak...
News that the “Gutsy Gelding” had passed away brought about a myriad of emotions in Jose (Joe) Santos, Jr. It was less than a week ago when Santos, at the...
On July 3, Churchill Downs extended its two-year suspension on racing trainer Bob Baffert through 2024, citing “continued concerns regarding the threat to the safety and integrity of racing he...
Jena Antonucci watched in awe and amazement as Arcangelo slipped through along the rail to take the 155th edition of the Belmont Stakes and with it, made her the first...
