Channel Archives: Racing

The world was with her, the weather was not. French Champion Sottsass crossed the finish line first in the coveted $1.5 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), but had to...

Swiss Skydiver gamely fought off a challenge from Kentucky Derby winner Authentic to win by a nose in a photo finish, becoming only the sixth filly in its 145-year history...

It’s rare when the Preakness gets as much attention as the Kentucky Derby and more than the now long-ago Belmont Stakes. But that’s what happens when the middle jewel in...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing."  Henry Russell Sanders, UCLA Bruins Coach 1950 “Do your best” Ganbatte (Japanese) Ever since Commodore Perry’s “black ships”—so-called because they belched black smoke...

Sporting events have long served as a comfort in difficult times and racing is no exception. It was 1945. The Allies were still in the midst of World War II...

How We Got Here It seemed as 2020 began, 2019 would be remembered not-so-fondly as Thoroughbred racing’s most challenging year. The 2019 winter meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia,...

The oldest Thoroughbred breed-shaping sire is gone. A.P. Indy passed away peacefully at age 31 at his Lane’s End Farm home in Versailles, KY Feb. 21. Speaking for the Farm,...

January 2020 was a monster month for Irad Ortiz Jr. On Jan. 21, he jumped off his assignment on Spun to Run in the Jan. 25 $3 million Pegasus World...