American Pharoah will be ushered into life at stud with monumental expectations when he retires from the track, whether or not he wins the Triple Crown. If the colt sweeps the U.S. classics, he will ...

Malibu Moon, a foundation sire for Spendthrift Farm who died in May, left a legacy behind. Not only does the late stallion have two sons among the top 10 freshman sires in Gormley and Stanford, ...

In Article Audio Player One of history’s greatest horseplayers, George E. Smith, better known as “Pittsburg Phil,” was collared in the paddock one day in the 1890s by a young Jacob Ruppert, then a ...

Mike Battaglia, the morning-line maker at Churchill Downs in Louisville since 1974, a span of 51 Kentucky Derbies, will ...

Following extensive discussions with Ontario Racing, which represents Ontario's horse racing industry, Rideau Carleton Raceway has announced the conclusion of its racing program starting with the 2026 ...

There are still some moving parts ahead of the Kentucky Derby on May 2, but many believe Renegade established himself as the early favorite for the race with his standout performance in the Grade 1, ...

It took the 3-year-old colt Trouble Calling a few starts – basically his whole 2-year-old season – to truly figure out this racing thing. Friday at Keeneland, in the Lafayette Stakes, it took him a ...

Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Sister Troienne rose to prominence in Florida over the winter, but she got her career started in Kentucky. She returns to Keeneland on Saturday in the Grade 2, $500,000 Appalachian Stakes where she'll ...

The 3-year-old filly Taken by the Wind has started her career with three wins, the most recent Saturday in the Silverbulletday Stakes. Her trainer, Kenny McPeek, sees Taken by the Wind as a Kentucky ...

Driver George Napolitano Jr. became only the eighth North American driver to record 12,000 victories in his sulky career by guiding Pencils Down to victory in the second race at Harrah's Philadelphia ...

Milton the Monster will seek his third consecutive victory and first in a stakes when he starts Saturday in a seemingly wide-open renewal of the Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan Stakes at Aqueduct.