So much of the chatter leading up to Preakness 146 at Baltimore’s Pimlico Saturday focused on the big trainer names in racing: Asmussen, Baffert, Lukas, Pletcher. But a little-regarded horse...
As storm clouds continue to circle around current Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, and while online and industry conversations argue over appropriate medications and the rules regulating their use, the...
Current Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, will be allowed to run in Saturday's Preakness according to an agreement reached between trainer Bob Baffert and the Maryland Jockey Club. Claiming his...
For the second time in three years, the winner of America’s most prestigious race may be disqualified. Churchill officials notified winning trainer Bob Baffert that Medina Spirit tested positive for...
Soooo, a guy walks into an airport... Following the first running of the Saudi Cup in Riyadh, horse owner Amr Zedan was awaiting a flight to Dubai when he met...
Friday’s Oaks, the female counterpart of the Derby, was the definition of bittersweet. The sweet was the victory of favored Malathaat, overcoming a slow start to engage leader Search Results...
King Fury has been scratched by trainer Ken McPeek from Saturday's Kentucky Derby after spiking a 104 degree fever and a heightened white cell count following an early morning workout...
So the 147th Kentucky Derby, America’s greatest Thoroughbred horserace is back to its historic place on the calendar: The First Saturday In May (the title of what I think is the...
What today is the most revered site in British racing, Newmarket, was established in 1636 and was, for a time, part of the Royal palace during Charles II’s reign. Enter...
“I bought the best in the world,Her name is Monomoy Girl,I’m sure Swiss Sky-div-er’s gonn-a fail,Can do,Can do,I’m sure that the mare can do,…”…with apologies to songwriter Frank Loesser, lyricist...
In the world of Thoroughbred racing, famous jockeys are commonplace in every horsehousehold. In the U.S., there’s “Big Money” Mike Smith of Zenyatta and Arrogate fame. There’s three-time consecutive Eclipse...
1944 was a far different time. The world was in the midst of a war that would determine the fate of nations and their millions of people, and of the...
It isn’t supposed to end this way. You win a prep race in Florida, the Feb. 13 Pelican Stakes. You’re invited to travel 8,000 miles to a new racetrack in...
On the 2021 silver anniversary night of the Dubai World Cup, Godolphin’s favored Mystic Guide was all gold. The four-year-old son of Ghostzapper (out of Music Note by A.P. Indy)...
The near-mile-long Meydan Grandstand will be near-vacant, filled only with horses’ connections and few invited guests. Even media will be relatively sparse for one of Thoroughbred racing’s most significant annual...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, owner and breeder of Shadwell Stud, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and older brother of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin...
Racing fans in general and Zenyatta fans in particular were disheartened to learn last week that 17-year-old Champion Street Cry daughter and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta lost her...
After a surprising 2020, it was no surprise that pandemic-altered Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic claimed dual crowns as Champion Three-Year-Old Male and Horse of the Year...
He was born royal as a Prince in the House of Saud, but chose to spend much of his life among the sights, smells and people of the common horse...
“Greatness,” summed up Brad Cox when asked to reflect on Knicks Go’s sublime performance, a gate-to-wire 2 3/4 length victory over a competitive field in the fifth running of the...
