Wow, where has this month gone?! With spring shows in full swing and our eyes on summer schedules, the calendar has been jam-packed as of late, and you know what they say, “time flies when you’re ...

Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...

One colt that could potentially leapfrog over Journalism and post the upset is Luxor Cafe.He’s run six times to date, all in Japan, winning four in a row, just as Journalism has. Although he’s only ...

Winning the Belmont Stakes is literally a once-in-a-lifetime chance for horses since the race is only open to 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. Let’s look at it this way: 18,609 registered Thoroughbreds were ...

Wow, did Teddy Spaghetti have a great day today! I had consciously decided to not dedicate this month’s blog solely to his first horse show – but as I am sitting down to write this after just getting ...

Through an interpreter, trainer Yoshito Yahagi said the success of horses such as Forever Young should continue to drive Japan’s newfound emphasis on dirt racing, which historically has taken a back ...

The $500,000, Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by Twinspires.com scheduled for Saturday at Aqueduct offers one final opportunity for accomplished dirt mile horses to compete in a marquee race ...

This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2025 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not quite ...

Being a professional jockey is an incredibly tough calling. Guiding a half-ton-plus racehorse around an oval while making split-second decisions at speeds of about 35 miles per hour – all while trying ...

America’s Best Racing compiles a slideshow every spring with images of the talented cast of 3-year-olds on target for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. The 2025 edition of the 1 ¼-mile ...

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The $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks is the premier dirt race for 3-year-old fillies in North America, a 1 1/8-mile test that goes a long way toward determining the Eclipse Award in the division ...