Saturday’s two graded stakes at Santa Anita could not have had any more exciting finishes and then were followed by stewards’ inquiries.
Saturdays running of the San Diego Handicap is always the early highlight of the Del Mar meeting, and this years name to remember is Maximum Security.
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Opening day at Santa Anita was a good day of racing as a couple of stars were starting to emerge.
In less than two weeks, the one-time richest race in the world, the Pegasus World Cup, will return to Gulfstream Park.
Let’s see who the contenders are, with the idea that not all these horses will be running in the race.
Wells Bayou wired the field in the Grade 2 $1 million Louisiana Derby to put himself square in the Kentucky Derby picture.
Fourth of July horse racing includes the Los Alamitos Derby and five graded stakes at Belmont.
Ron Flatter gives you some things to think about in regards to finding the Kentucky Derby winner.
Hall of fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer had his request for a temporary restraining order turned down by L.A. Super Court judge Mary Strobel
The Pegasus races at Gulfstream Park could be the model for how Santa Anita will reopen to fans.
I thought you might enjoy a partial transcript of a conversation between trainers Bob Baffert and Dale Romans.
It’s Breeders’ Cup Day One. It’s for nothing but 2-year-olds, so I won’t be mentioning that again. Let’s get right to the previews.
The first Saudi Cup is in the books and while it had some bumps it seemed to go off OK.
Hello, my name is John Cherwa, and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as we try and navigate the ever-changing world of racing and beyond.
It’s a pretty good bet that the Horse of the Year Eclipse Award will be determined next weekend.
CHRB executive director Rick Baedeker sends several recommendations to Gov. Gavin Newsom
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert talks about what it’s like to win 3,000 races.
The Preakness Stakes will be held on Oct. 3, which makes the Triple Crown picture slightly clearer, but what about the Belmont Stakes?
Ron Flatter offers up some thoughts on the Kentucky Derby futures wagering this weekend.
As usual this Breeders’ Cup week, there’s a lot to get to.
'The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told' is a total summer read.
Its an action-paced day of racing, highlighted by the Travers Stakes at Saratoga and for the first time in a while, a 1 -mile race before the Kentucky Derby.
It’s time for our weekly handicapping lesson from Rob Henie of the WCHR (West Coast Handicapping Report) and the ECHR (East Coast Handicapping Report).
Betting on the Kentucky Derby in a couple of states this year is more complicated than you'd think.
Bob Baffert won five of the nine races on Los Alamitos’ Saturday card.
Our newly anointed horse racing TV critic files another review.
Who knew that a new $20 million race for older horses in a land far away would have such a big impact on the Kentucky Derby trail?
He offers up some common sense advice about betting Kentucky Derby Future Wagers.
If there was any doubt before, there is absolutely no doubt now, Tiz the Law is the big favorite to win the Kentucky Derby.
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Arrow fans were tweeting all about the latest episode, but it wasn't Felicity's fate that had them in the biggest uproar. It was the flashbacks.
It's the worst possible scenario: You train for months for this one race and then Mother Nature has different ideas. Whether it's a heat wave or a hurricane, sometimes we are reminded that we aren't truly running the place.
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a sailing race around the world in 8 legs, with trained amateur crew members. The organisers own a fleet of identical yachts, the Clipper 70, and provide qualified skippers to lead each team.
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Helping to fund travel can be one of the most effective ways to give a gift that keeps on giving -- in the form of great memories.
The world’s best national security minds know to study every aspect of foreign policy. That’s not enough.
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Since it's race season, here's a list of things besides log miles to prepare for a race—surprising things runners wouldn't necessarily think of. Examples: meditation, recovery techniques
No one likes rain. It's cold, wet, and makes the day (and one's hair) look like hell. When it comes to sporting events, rain is the baseball player breaking his favorite bat. It's the unsuccessful Hail Mary in the Super Bowl...
I am one week away from running the Chicago Marathon. Although I've had a great training season and this will be my fifth marathon, I am really nervous about finishing it. Do you have any last minute tips to get me through the week? - Wendy, Indianapolis, IN
Minnesota would become the 22nd U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana, but with some of the nation's tightest limits on access under a bill approved Friday by the state House.
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I am one week away from running the Chicago Marathon. Although I've had a great training season and this will be my fifth marathon, I am really nervous about finishing it. Do you have any last minute tips to get me through the week? - Wendy, Indianapolis, IN
United States Olympic Committee prepares to select between San Francisco and New York for entry in international competition for 2012 Summer Games; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will travel to Colorado Springs to make final pitch for New York (M)
Construction resumes at 20 River Terrace in Battery Park City; building, begun early last year just a few blocks from World Trade Center, was to be world's most environmentally correct residential high-rise--an air-purified, solar-paneled monument to marriage of mother earth and technological gee-whiz; builders and environmentalists say that as construction resumes after 10-month break during cleanup of Ground Zero, 27-story tower has become even more the sum of its ambitions; drawing shows envi
As we crossed the finish line, Will was flopped almost sideways in the stroller. His hoodie had slipped over one eye and he’s was fast asleep as we rolled through the final chute, under the race…
Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee holds two races annually, dating back to 1961. However, in recent years, the Bristol Night race has taken on a life of its own...
Overview of race for New York State comptroller between John J Faso and former New York City comptroller Alan Hevesi; Faso's campaign relies heavily on criticizing Hevesi; Hevesi is focusing on his experience in fiscal matters (M)
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As always, we’re lucky to have top expert Jon White take a look at what’s happening on the Kentucky Derby trail.
Manila and Angel Cordero were reunited for the first time in two years Sunday for the Budweiser Arlington Million VII. They hit it off like Bogie and Bacall. ``If my life depended on two horses, I would pick him and Seattle Slew to ride,`` Cordero said. ``Seattle Slew was great on the dirt. Manila is great on the grass.`` Greatness manifested itself as a 1 1/2-length victory in an eight-horse race comprised of outstanding grass specialists from coast to coast.
A.P. Indy won the $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic and put himself in the running for Horse of the Year honors
After weeks of attention on more storied venues, the focus of American racing shifts this weekend to Thistledown, where Flameaway and Lone Sailor bid to
From early favorite Justify to Irish import Mendelssohn, Derby is a major step up in class.
After months of false hopes, inconclusive races, do-nothings and dropouts, the Kentucky Derby now has a horse at whom everyone can take aim. If he wins, there will be familiar colors in the winner's circle
Heading into Saturday’s Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., the story is obviously Justify, the 33rd horse to come to the Belmont after having won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.
The two-day Breeders’ Cup concludes Saturday at Santa Anita with nine championship races. The $5 million Classic serves the headliner, and most of the races feature full fields with exciting betting opportunities. A total of six winners from 2012, including … Continue reading →
Only 8 percent of racehorses born in 2013 are gray, but they make up 20 percent of the Derby field. Three were sired by the great stallion Tapit.
RACE 2 – Juvenile Turf Two-year-old colts & geldings. Purse: $1 million. Distance: One Mile (Turf). Post time: 4:35 p.m. Bets: WPS, exacta, trifecta, superfecta, Pick 3, Pick 4. By RAY KE…
The only time he ran horribly came at Saratoga last summer when he was sixth, beaten by 19 lengths in the Hopeful Stakes on a sloppy racetrack. When you tell people you're in the horse racing game, they ask you, 'Have you won the Kentucky Derby?' Now I can say yes. Jockey Mike Smith knew better. Dullahan, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, was three-quarters of a length ahead of Went the Day Well and John Velazquez. I'll Have Another is the first horse to win the storied race from post No. 19. [...
In Lingerie (foaled in April 2009 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She won three of her first four outings.
That broken record about Annoconnor not being able to win consistently can be filed away.
Two-year-olds highlight the final weekend of racing at Saratoga Race Course
Spend a Buck (blue shadow roll) shot to the lead and sped on to win the Kentucky Derby in near record time
Todd Pletcher watched the Kentucky Derby on a TV in the horsemen's lounge at Churchill Downs.
The victory by Gun Runner in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday left no doubt as to the Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male for 2017.
The green and gold colors of Peter Fuller, carried by Dancer's Image, trailed the Derby field in the early going. But they showed first at the finish, ahead of Forward Pass, Francie's Hat and T. V. Commercial
Game Winner's late charge earns Breeders Cup Juvenile win at Churchill Downs
American Pharoah lived up to his billing as the greatest horse of the generation.
What's the story behind four-horse fields?
Aloma's Ruler and young Jack Kaenel moseyed off with the Preakness
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Baffert's photo finish heartbreak at Churchill Downs in '96 showed him just how cruel horseracing can be, but he didn't let the defeat discourage him for long.
The Orange County track is putting on quite a show during the 11-day winter thoroughbred meeting that ends Sunday, in part because of Golden Gate Fields’ closure for COVID-19.
A new points system begins with the 2013 Kentucky Derby, in which points are awarded to the top four finishers of selected prep races. The point values increases as the season goes on. The highest point totals will determine which 20 horses have preferenc
Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
Trying to pick the Kentucky Derby winner on the first Saturday in May is difficult enough. But how about doing it before the calendar even turns to 2016?
The elusive Kentucky Derby trophy and blanket of roses are the things that Thoroughbred trainers dream of. Some trainers will spend their entire career chasing that pinnacle milestone and never even get a horse in the starting gate of Churchill Downs..
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After two days of spills and fatalities it was nice to finally see someone smile at Aqueduct. Apprentice jockey Andria Terrill was the one wearing that smile, from ear to ear, after bringing home her first ever winner, taking the fifth race on longshot Wild Holly ($131).
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The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby was a doozy . We saw terrible weather, some huge letdowns and, most importantly, some absolutely stunning performances...
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Horse racing: Hofmans once doubted whether he could remain a trainer, much less handle giant-killers such as Touch Gold and Alphabet Soup.
The special-edition cocktails (and cups) from Woodford Reserve sell out every year.
In most years the running of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness signified that the network television viewers' racing season was two-thirds completed, and that once the Belmont Stakes was out of the way the sport could be forgotten until the first Saturday of the following May. If a Secretariat came along, one national telecaster or another might deign to poke a camera at him from time to time, but except for such extraordinary circumstances the middle of June was the close of the racing season as
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Finally, it's Kentucky Derby week. Nothing quite ushers in May like mint juleps, fluctuating odds and the most exciting two minutes in sports. And this year's race promises to be another classic...
The Kentucky Derby is postponed, but you can still celebrate Derby Day
While opening day at Hollywood Park doesn't attract the massive crowds like other race tracks in Southern California and around the country, there was some added intrigue on Wednesday ...
Herbie Reed landed on a horse farm to escape a chaotic childhood. Eric Reed knew he wanted to follow his fathers lead. Together, after many trials and hardship, they made history.
Could an artificial track have prevented Eight Belles's fatal Derby accident? An industry rep makes the case for synthetic surfaces.
The only Kentucky Derby result anyone should be happy about is that the horses made it safely back to the barns — this time.
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Justify, winner of the Santa Anita Derby, is the morning line favorite at 3-1 followed by Mendelssohn and Magnum Moon in the 20-horse field for the 144th Kentucky Derby.
Del Mar's marquee race will be a major test for lightly raced and undefeated Flightline. He's won his four races by more than a combined 43 lengths.
Will American Pharoah take the next step toward winning horse racing's Triple Crown? Star Tribune handicapper Johnny Love analyzes the race -- and how to bet on it.
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The call the Old Spa “the graveyard of favorites,” and that was certainly true last Sunday when Empire Maker lost the Jim...
Baffert was banned from all three Triple Crown races last year after Medina Spirit's victory at the 2021 Kentucky Derby was disqualified.
Find out how to bet on the 2022 Kentucky Derby online in our beginners' guide, including what the bets mean, how to understand the odds and the best betting promos
Kentucky Derby winner Country House won't race again after being treated for laminitis in his right front foot, Blackwood Stables said Friday.
LEAD: Why did the 113th Kentucky Derby, which drew what had looked like the most talented field in this decade, turn out to be an astonishingly slow race despite a very fast track at Churchill Downs?
Opening day attracts record crowd at Del Mar.
Eightyfiveinafifty has exceptional talent, as well as a quirky personality that could keep him from qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.
Mage raced his way to a Kentucky Derby win in the first of three Triple Crown races and will look to win his second Saturday in Baltimore at the 148th running
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