Category Archives: Track News

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Haras Barlovento, a leading 68-year-old Peruvian stud farm owned by Boris Schwartzman, will disperse its remaining stock and shutter its stalls following the Dec. 22 criminal armed raid in which...

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...

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 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...

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...