In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

Though only a G2 race, the Risen Star has arguably had a more recent impact on the Kentucky Derby than any G1 prep. The last ...

The world’s richest thoroughbred race—the $20 million Saudi Cup (G1)—is Feb. 22. Kentucky Derby alumni Sierra Leone, White ...

Weekend races vaulted John Hancock into Kentucky Derby contention and Sand Devil into consideration for the Run for the Roses ...

Churchill Downs reports record nominations for this year's Triple Crown races, with most of the increase coming from Japan.

Trainer Rick Dutrow was impressed by the performance of his Withers winner, who could be joined by Thorpedo Anna's half ...

Thorpedo Anna won six of seven races in 2024 and received 193 of a possible 240 first-place votes. In addition to the Kentucky Oaks, the filly won five other Grade ...

Laurel River, jointly crowned world’s best racehorse with City Of Troy last month, has suffered a minor setback in his ...

Unbeaten Violence colt, trained by Linda Rice, earned his first stakes victory Saturday against fellow New York-breds and ...

"He's a very relaxed horse, and we're very lucky to have him ... (G2), which awards the top-five finishers 100-50-25-15-10 Kentucky Derby points, respectively. McAfee had his first work in ...

The Derby trail takes back the spotlight this weekend with three key Kentucky Derby prep races from coast-to-coast on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a capsule look at all three of the Derby prep races.

Whether you consider it just a random squeaking of the hamster wheel, or evidence of some latent order awaiting our discovery, these Thoroughbreds certainly know how to make us stop and think about ...