We’ve been through this exercise many times when it comes to betting on Kentucky Derby Day – the options are endless. But away we go as Churchill Downs tells us to gear up for “massive pools” ...
Wayne Lukas still gets up at 4 a.m., climbs aboard his pony, and rides on over to the track to watch his horses train, whether for a leisurely jog, a gallop or a timed workout preparing for a debut, a...
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith remains the leading jockey in Breeders’ Cup history having won aboard 27 horses, eight more than second-leading rider and fellow Hall of Famer John Velazquez. Overall ...
Multiple graded stakes winner Rattle N Roll, who boasts a record of 3-1-2 at Churchill Downs, looks to bounce back as the beaten favorite in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) when he takes on eight others...
Emerging 2-Year-Old Talents Trained by Legends Set to Shine in $200,000 Saratoga Special (G2) Ahead of Kentucky Derby Journey A trio of 2-year-olds trained by Hall of Famers could be taking an early s...
By Lynne Snierson Florent Geroux is packing his tack and moving to Oaklawn Park this season. The addition of one of the nation’s top riders to the already intensely competitive jockey colony makes a...
By Ed McNamara It was a late autumn afternoon at Turfway Park, a minor-league outpost in northern Kentucky, near the Ohio border. Not much that happens there is memorable, yet for Brad Cox it provided...
By Margaret Ransom Live racing in Southern California moves to Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County on Friday (Dec. 4) with an eight-race thoroughbred card, which gets underway at 1 p.m. PT. Th...
By Miriam Lee The Breeders’ Cup Championship culminates the racing season and crowns the fleetest sprinters, the most promising two-year-olds, the best turf horses. At $2 million, the Breeders...
Breeders’ Cup Classic Profile: Title Ready In the days leading up to the 37th Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, usracing.com will profile the horses in the $6 million ...