Channel Archives: Racing

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...

A scant two weeks into 2020, merrymakers and numerologists were not the only ones to gladly sweep out the old year and welcome in a new decade. For racing industry...

The 2019 Eclipse Award nominees were announced on Jan. 4. Winners are determined solely by first place votes by the 254 combined eligible members of the National Thoroughbred Writers and...

A week of controversy regarding the future welfare of multiple graded stakes winner and two-time Breeders’ Cup (G1T) Champion Stormy Liberal was resolved Wednesday when new sole owner David Bernsen...

A bad year for horseracing may just be getting worse…or better, if racing fans have any influence. In a statement early Tuesday, trainer Peter Miller, who saddled seven-year-old gelding Stormy...

Princess Dorian, injured while running as an $8,000 claimer in the second race Sunday, Nov. 10 at Del Mar on the third day of its Autumn meet, was humanely euthanized...

The bad luck that visited Santa Anita Park the past year resulting in 37 horse deaths and culminating in the fatal breakdown of four-year-old gelding Mongolian Groom during this year’s...

Santa Anita Park almost escaped unscathed.  Almost. Then the worst thing that could have happened, happened. Two days of wonderful weather and great racing featuring several upsets and a likely...

A turbulent year for horseracing that began with the still not fully understood deaths of now 36 horses at Santa Anita and the controversial disqualification of apparent Kentucky Derby winner...

Fresh from her disappointing runnerup finish to Waldgeist Oct. 6 in her bid for a third consecutive Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe victory, owner Prince Khalid Abdullah announced Tuesday that...

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France, held at Longchamp on the first Sunday in October, is the richest Thoroughbred race in all of Europe. Here's a glimpse at the race...

Seven other horses had tried and failed, most recently Treve in 2015. But as the group of 12 elite Thoroughbreds turned for home at Longchamp Sunday, it appeared five-year-old British...

The highly anticipated Oct. 6 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (FR-1) rematch between King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner and two-time Arc Champion Enable and her runner-up competitor...

In a lengthy prepared statement, Justify trainer Bob Baffert denied that he or his stable staff intentionally administered the then-banned drug scopolamine to subsequent Triple Crown winner Justify that resulted...

Geologists estimate that, given the extreme temperatures and pressure needed, it takes between one and three billion years for a diamond to fully form. That's an estimated 25 to 75...

If you want to start a (mostly) friendly debate among horseracing devotees on opposite sides, just ask: "Name the greatest racehorse of all time." "Big Red!" will say one. "No,...

The New York Racing Association (NYRA), in conjunction with the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NYTHA) and the state Gaming Commission (NYSGC) have announced cancellation of Saturday racing at Saratoga...

The bad luck haunting California horse racing that began with a Santa Anita winter meet resulting in 30 horse deaths between Dec. 26 and June 23—and a flood of outrage...

With only six live race days left until the end of a troubled racing season on June 23, ownership and  officials at Santa Anita Park continued to resist calls from...

Belmont's Biggest Race Isn't Its Biggest Race Two-time consecutive Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Thunder Snow will be there, as will McKinzie, winner of the 2018 Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and...