Channel Archives: Racing

In the ongoing controversy over Saturday's Kentucky Derby 145 result, Gary West, owner of Maximum Security, said on Fox News he will file a lawsuit to overturn the disqualification of...

"Toss" It's a derisive word used by racing handicappers to suggest a horse has no chance. Plus Que Parfait, the horse with the French name (it refers to the past...

At day at the races, Dubai style. [caption id="attachment_28334" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Training begins early for horse and rider. ©Richard R. Gross[/caption] [caption id="attachment_28332" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The Dubai World Cup day...

Thunder Snow overcame a wide number 12 gate position, a fast pace set by North America and eventual runner up Gronkowski—and history—to win the 24th Dubai World Cup by a...

In his most famous poem cycle, T.S. Eliot writes: "The naming of cats is a difficult matter…" So, too, with the naming of a Thoroughbred foal who someday may carry...

The Breeders' Cup increasingly is becoming as anticipated an event as the Kentucky Derby. This edition had the added benefit of taking place at Churchill Downs, and that site's historic...

Horseracing is commonly referred to as "The Sport of Kings." But Breeders' Cup Championship Saturday at Churchill Downs features more diversity than the current British Royal Family in both its...

After five days of countless early morning exercise rides, media events, Louisville partying rivaled only by Kentucky Derby Week, a mint julep (or two if you wisely designated a driver),...

To understand modern Thoroughbred racing and particularly breeding industries in the U.S. as they extend their reach abroad, you have to start with—Canada, and a head. Much of the entire...

Fans who feared this year's Travers Stakes at Saratoga, also called "The Midsummer Derby," would be diminished by the absence of retired Triple Crown Champion Justify need not fear. This...

Little new information is known about the medical condition of Champion Justify following the announcement earlier this week that the 13th winner of the American Triple Crown has been taken...

Swans glide across a large lake while a central fountain continuously sprays water. Spring grass is green as the eye can see in all directions. A peacock struts across a...

If you’ve just tuned into racing this Triple Crown season after taking a post-Breeders’ Cup break, you may have heard a new name on the scene—Justify. The Kentucky Derby and...

It's very possible the 143rd running of the Preakness Stakes will be in conditions as messy as the Kentucky Derby. Rain is forecast through most of the week and on...

On a night when five track records were broken, a French horse not named Goldikova won a third straight championship-level turf race and a European-based first-time-on-dirt runner pulverized a quality...

Super Saturday at Meydan is meant to separate Dubai World Cup contenders from the pretenders and it certainly did that as North America gobbled a gate-to-wire 5 1/4-length victory over Thunder...

Godolphin's Winter Lightning was expected to run away with the featured 1 1/8-miles UAE Oaks for fillies Thursday at Meydan. But there is a reason they run the race and...

We're still a few weeks away from St. Patrick's Day, but Thursday was the "greenest" night so far this year at Meydan, with three group turf features and the highest...

It was doubleheader week in Dubai and the Meydan "players" did not disappoint in a Thursday and Saturday Dubai World Cup Carnival pairing. Godolphin's Gold Town put away a full...

Ever-mercurial Godolphin star Thunder Snow chose to shine by a leisurely neck over North America in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 across near 1 1/4 miles of...