King Leatherbury, the Hall of Fame trainer who rose to prominence in the 1970s and dominated Maryland racing for three decades, died at his home on Tuesday at age 92. In a training career that spanned ...

Fair Grounds commences its 154th racing season Thursday – something that wasn't assured as recently as June. In March, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Fair Grounds, owned by Churchill Downs Inc ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. escaped serious injury from an incident shortly after the start of Sunday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga, but he took off his mounts on Monday, the final day of the Saratoga ...

First post is later than normal Friday at Santa Anita; the card begins at 3:15 p.m. There is plenty of time for eight races, including a carryover of $157,176 in the pick six, and a Kentucky Oaks ...

Executives at Churchill Downs Inc. said on Thursday morning during a conference call that a recent agreement to purchase a package of intellectual property rights related to the Preakness Stakes would ...

Trainer Dan Ward is joining Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's Midwest team as an assistant in advance of the Churchill Downs meeting that begins Saturday.

In a wild spring that saw him win Derby preps on four different horses, Irad Ortiz Jr. had a most difficult decision to make regarding whom to ride in the Kentucky Derby. In the end, he and his agent, ...

Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 4/15 card at Yonkers Raceway.

Oaklawn Park’s meet will start in late November next season and revert to a Friday-through-Sunday format most weeks if the Arkansas Racing Commission approves plans Oaklawn Park and the Arkansas ...

The favorite is marooned on the outside in a bulky 12-horse field. The second choice is parked on the rail and coming off a poor effort. As has been the case in recent years, the Grade 2, $750,000 ...

Class President, winner of the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, will scratch from Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes, trainer Todd Pletcher said Thursday.