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 ...

D. Wayne Lukas was a lightning rod in Thoroughbred racing after he made the switch from Quarter Horses to Thoroughbreds full time in 1978, but like the aforementioned Riley and Jackson, Lukas for a ...

LaPenta was introduced to racing as a youth by his mother, and first became an owner in 1998 as a partner with University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. He started his own stable in 2001, ...

The Breeders’ Cup Classic is considered by many to be the premier North American Thoroughbred race of the year. It is contested at the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles (10 furlongs) on the main track ...

Every year, the road to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships starts months before with a series of qualifying races that are known as the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.

Janis Whitham owns and bred 2017 Kentucky Derby hopeful McCraken. She also teamed with McCraken’s trainer, Ian Wilkes, and jockey, Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr., to win the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic ...

A new chute for 1 ¼-mile races has been constructed, and the stretch will be about 120 feet longer with the finish line at the center of the grandstand. “Now it feels like a racetrack,” New York ...

Keeneland’s family-friendly Sunrise Trackside program will be held on the four Saturdays during the live meet: Oct. 5, 12, 19, and 26. It’s located at the first floor grandstand area and offers a meet ...

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 ...

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 ...