Before the NHRA brass get too excited about their TV-ratings coup this past weekend—following the sport’s largest audience in ...

I’m fortunate to have spent most of my life working with horses. I do not take this privilege for granted, in either the good times or the bad. It’s fair to say we have had some challenging times in ...

Kabirkhan looks a lot like his famous sire, trainer Doug Watson told the Thoroughbred Racing Commentary this week. Both the Kazakh-owned colt and California Chrome are a coppery chestnut color with ...

As a jockey who has had the privilege of crossing the finish line first in some of the biggest races in the world, including all three Triple Crown races, I know what it takes to succeed in this sport ...

It is fair to say that in Derek Thompson, who hung up his binoculars after his final call at Wolverhampton this week bringing an end to 60 years as a commentator, racing didn’t appreciate what it had ...

Thank you so much for printing the commentary about the sick “sport” of horse racing (“Horse deaths, like those at Laurel Park, are routine in racing — one more reason to end the ‘sport,'” April 27).

There was really no choice! Though the hardship on horsemen to move horses, grooms, equipment, and their operation to Ellis Park from Churchill Downs a month early is significant, there was really no ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Authors Brien Bouyea and Michael Veitch will present a selection of stories about the remarkable history of the Travers Stakes and sign copies of their book, The Travers: ...