An arbitrator for the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has used evidence drawn from the testing of hair samples to lengthen a suspension given to a trainer for a violation of the rules for ...

Ron Gierkink is based in Toronto and covers Woodbine as a handicapper and reporter. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1988.

Derick Giwner serves as Editor of DRF Harness for Daily Racing Form. He has worked for Sports Eye/Harness Eye since 1996 and has served as editor of the paper since 2005. He has worn many hats in ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that historical horse racing machines cannot be operated in the state without approval from local voters, putting in jeopardy – for now – a significant ...

Horse/sire Trainer Best Beyer Older dirt males ()1 Fierceness, by City of Light T. Pletcher 111 Didn't stride like himself chasing Raging Torrent over SAR slop 2 Raging Torrent, by Maximus ...

Tour Player has the force of 10 Kentucky Derby wins behind him when he starts in the seventh race on Thursday night at Churchill Downs. Bob Baffert, who has trained six Derby winners, bred Tour ...

The wheels of racing keep on turning, and Riley Mott and Miguel Clement are right back in action with horses entered in the fifth race at Churchill Downs on Wednesday.

The eighth-year trainer Cherie DeVaux never has won a graded stakes at Saratoga. She has come close, with 13 of 22 entrants finishing second or third. You'd think DeVaux's never saddled a Saratoga ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – More often than not when he’s come to the Belmont Stakes, trainer Bob Baffert has had the horse to beat. In five of the 12 Belmonts in which he’s run, Baffert was ...

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. In Desperate Man’s case, luck never came his way. On Saturday (June 7), the husband-and-wife team of Travis and Alaina Alexander are hoping luck is ...

Still perfect in three synthetic starts this year, 3-year-old colt Iron Hand will take on a gauntlet of new foes in Friday’s eighth race, a $58,000 allowance at Gulfstream Park. He has not yet ...

One more jump and the result of the Kingston Stakes would’ve been different, but no one in the winner’s camp was feeling guilty about Clear Conscience coming out on the right side of a head ...