A victory by Vino Rosso in the Breeders’ Cup Classic was overshadowed by a fatal injury to 15-1 long shot Mongolian Groom in the $6 million race at Santa Anita on Saturday night.
Baltimore officials and the owners of the historic racetrack that hosts the Preakness Stakes have reached an agreement to keep the Triple Crown series’ middle jewel in the city.
Baffert will seek a record-setting eighth Preakness victory Saturday with 5-2 morning line favorite Improbable, who will start from the No. 4 post in a field of 13 horses.
Pimlico is in need of a major overhaul, and Baltimore city officials, the owners of the track and many trainers disagree on whether it’s smart to spend nearly a half-billion dollars in upgrades. But while they are haggling, the track falls into further disarray.
The replays stream onto our sets in high-definition on a practically endless loop, with no detail too small, or too big, to ignore: fingernails nicking basketballs, horses veering out of line, baseball gloves grazing runners as they slide into second.
Maryland’s horse racing authority has moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the city of Baltimore that seeks to condemn and confiscate the Preakness Stakes, Pimlico Race Course and other elements of the industry.
Dec. 15
The California Horse Racing Board's report on the high rate of horse deaths at Santa Anita earlier this year is being delayed.
The research arm of Virginia’s legislature said in a report Monday that legalizing casinos in Old Dominion would provide a modest economic boost, but mean less money for the horse racing industry and heightened risks of people developing gambling addictions.
The California Horse Racing Board has chosen a longtime veterinarian as its new chairman.
Georgia lawmakers studying the possibility of expanding gambling in the state are taking their show on the road.
Lincoln Race Course was originally slated to debut its new, seven-furlong track in September. Officials hoped the new track, the largest in the state, would reignite a live horse racing scene in Lincoln that has been essentially dormant since 2012.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of Maximum Security seeking to challenge the decision to disqualify their horse as the winner of the Kentucky Derby.
Nov. 10
A harness racing track and casino in Ohio has proposed a $100 million expansion project.
The Breeders' Cup and Santa Anita came within 220 yards of staging a safe weekend of championship racing.
A New Jersey artist with Christian County roots, Laurie Mitchell, painted the landscapes of rich farmland she grew to love in Kentucky.
Nov. 4
A victory by Vino Rosso in the Breeders' Cup Classic was overshadowed by a fatal injury to a 15-1 long shot in the $6 million race at Santa Anita on Saturday night.
The Latest on the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita (all times local):
A former West Virginia horse racing commissioner says photos posted online of a euthanized thoroughbred racing horse surrounded by trash in a landfill should be a wakeup call for state leaders.
The home of the Kentucky Derby plans to begin work next month on a $300 million project that will include a hotel, historical racing machines, new stadium seating and a Millionaires Row renovation.
Thirty horse deaths over the winter at Santa Anita. The first disqualification for interference in Kentucky Derby history. A horse tossing his jockey at the start of the Preakness and running around the track rider-less. Six more deaths at Santa Anita this fall.
A 2-year-old filly injured her right front leg less than a half-mile from the finish line in a race at Santa Anita and was euthanized, the 36th horse to die at the Southern California track since December.
A new harness racing facility near the Kentucky-Tennessee border is hosting its inaugural meet.
