Sunday afternoon in Paris, the world’s current top-rated jockey will pilot the world’s current top-rated Thoroughbred racehorse in their attempt to make racing history for the second time in just...
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA), H.R. 1754, passed the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday following nearly six years of futile attempts. The bill passed the House on a...
Bob Baffert- trained Authentic drew post 9 and was installed as the 9-5 favorite for the 145th running of Saturday’s $1.5 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore. The Kentucky...
In a year like no other, the other horse won. Authentic proved his doubters wrong and led gate to wire, capturing the 146th Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs in...
In 2017, 20,620 Thoroughbred horses foaled in the U.S. were officially registered with The Jockey Club. Many were purchased at the Keeneland September sale for large sums. They are the...
The feel-good story of this year’s star-crossed Kentucky Derby just took another bad turn. Finnick the Fierce has been scratched from tomorrow’s 146th Kentucky Derby “out of an abundance of...
Peter Callahan has been a racehorse owner and breeder for over two decades. But, before that, he was a media magnate. In the 1980s, Callahan was the principal stockholder for...
King Guillermo has been scratched by owner Victor Martinez of Victoria’s Ranch from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby 146 due to a fever. The Uncle Mo colt was absent from his morning...
The blanket of roses may feel a bit of the coming autumn chill. The stands under the fabled Twin Spires will be empty for the first time in history. The...
The fields and post-positions for Friday’s filly Kentucky Oaks and Saturday’s Kentucky Derby are final with the completion of the Derby draw this morning. The Kentucky Oaks will be race...
Churchill Downs announced Thursday morning that it will allow spectators for the Friday, Sept. 4 Kentucky Oaks for three-year-old fillies and the 146th running of the Saturday, Sept. 5 Kentucky...
It was 2015 and a digital photograph that became the cover of the June 15 issue of Sports Illustrated announced that the Internet Era had arrived to all sports by...
Kentucky Derby hopeful Maxfield underwent successful orthopedic surgery by Dr. Larry Bramlage at the Lexington, KY Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital on Wednesday to repair a non-displaced fracture of his...
Godolphin’s Kentucky Derby hopeful Maxfield suffered a non-displaced lateral condylar fracture of his right front leg during a half-mile workout at Keeneland, KY this morning. The three-year-old colt is presently...
2016 Eclipse Award Champion Three-Year-Old Male Arrogate was euthanized Tuesday morning at seven years of age following week-long unsuccessful treatment for an unspecified neurological illness. A post-mortem is being performed. The...
Budding (4-0-0) superstar colt Nadal was retired from racing today following surgery to repair a condylar fracture. The injury occurred during a morning workout at Santa Anita Park where the...
path·find·er/ˈpaTHˌfīndər/ noun: a person who goes ahead and discovers or shows others a path or way. In racing, “finding a path” refers to jockeys’ ability to guide a headstrong animal...
With the kids out of school and shuttered inside with the (ugh!) parents for weeks now, this is the perfect time to fill some of those increasingly empty hours with...
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA) confirmed Monday it is withholding all purse monies from the $20 million Feb. 29 inaugural running of The Saudi Cup. Winner Maximum Security...
