Channel Archives: Racing

Here's a handy little trivia nugget for you... What is the longest continuously run horse race in North America? Kentucky Derby? Belmont Stakes? Preakness? Travers? Nope. If you read the...

On the evening of September 17, 1962, dozens of horsemen gathered just outside Toronto for the annual thoroughbred yearling sale at Windfields Farm. The farm's owner, Canadian business tycoon E.P....

Ascot Racecourse has been staging horse races since its establishment in 1711 by Queen Anne. Her Majesty was enjoying a ride near Windsor Castle, so the story goes, when she...

The Belmont Stakes might own the marquee, but the main attractions Saturday in New York are found on one of tastiest undercards outside of the Breeders' Cup. A total of...

It’s a pleasantly mild Wednesday evening in late May. There are 10 races on the evening card and while the Thoroughbreds racing this evening are hardly world class, most rated...

Spring in the Bluegrass is full of many pleasant things but among those at the top of my list are the variety of equestrian events that usher in the season....

The Preakness would like you to know that it’s not just the Triple Crown’s middle child. While few things in sports can compete with the pageantry and magnitude of the Kentucky...

The First Saturday in May could not have come soon enough for Todd Pletcher. The venerable trainer who has won (*cue the Eagles*) everything, all the time, brought his usual...

With its long and storied past, the Kentucky Derby has a history filled with unforgettable horses and performances. Gear up for Kentucky Derby 143 by reliving 10 of the most...

In 2015 there was Mubtaahij, who brought mystery and intrigue to Kentucky after winning the UAE Derby in Dubai, only to finish 9th. Last year, it was looney Lani who...

The sport of Thoroughbred horse racing is often referred to as a “numbers game,” and there’s certainly no better example than the Kentucky Derby. The historic “Run for the Roses”...

As horse people, we invariably get asked the same question this time of year: "Who's your Derby horse?" Whether or not you actually follow thoroughbred racing, or once taught an...

In a race that shaped up as a tactical challenge, Hong Kong 's leading jockey general Joao Moriera led Japanese runner Neorealism to the lead on the backstretch then hung...

The Kentucky Derby kicks off the Spring racing season and the Triple Crown in the U.S. in a mere week away and features an "any horse can win" theme this...

There are many events that have provided me much excitement in the racing industry. Covering big races and horses as a journalist, meeting racing people I worshipped as a child, and...

The sport of timber racing was profiled in last night's episode of 60 Minutes, bringing one of America's oldest, and perhaps unsung horse sports into the mainstream. Timber racing is...

On paper it reads like a coronation: a big-money yearling turned 2-year-old champion, and now the expected Kentucky Derby favorite fresh off Arkansas Derby triumph. In a sport that often...

If there were any remaining doubts about his greatness, Arrogate shot them down and cemented his still-youthful legacy on a rain-soaked track 8,015 miles from home by breaking last but...

"What a freak!" gushed Terry Spargo following the "Wizard's" most recent mesmerizing Carnival performance. But this Carnival is not a circus; it's the annual Dubai World Cup Carnival. Spargo is...

Arrogate, the current "Longines World's Best Racehorse", will defend his top rating from the number 9 post against 13 competitors in Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline. Fittingly, he...