The Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY later today and Saturday for the first time since their inaugural running at U.S. racing’s most picturesque...
“Don’t let it be forgot that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment….”—Alan Jay Lerner In the midst of an unpredictable global pandemic and a contentious American...
The international racing world turns its attention to Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, KY this week for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Friday and Saturday. The iconic course in the heart...
I know readers come here to “lose” themselves in horses; for many of you to gain some distance, some relief, from daily stress, from real-life losses great and small. I...
Superstar European mare Enable will be retired from racing effective immediately. The decision by Juddmonte Farms and Enable owner Prince Khalid Abdullah follows her unsuccessful attempt to win a historic...
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 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...
