Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule from which racehorses earn points toward qualifying for the 1 ¼-mile ...

Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will race next year before he retires to stud at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud, one of his owners, Don Alberto Stable, confirmed on social media Nov. 5.

It’s hard to believe it was 10 years ago. So much has happened in the real world since American Pharoah swept the 2015 Triple Crown and capped his 3-year-old season with a historic “Grand Slam” win in ...

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport involving two or more horses ridden by a jockey over a set distance. Although its origins are somewhat unclear, the sport has been enjoyed by horse ...

The Longines Kentucky Oaks will be the marquee race on Friday, May 5, at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/8-mile race has emerged as the most important North American race restricted to 3-year-old fillies and ...

Maryland-based trainer Michael Trombetta and his assistant, Chris Aro, chat about John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies ...

Puerto Rico native Edwin Maldonado is a jockey on the Southern California circuit. He had a breakout year in 2012, capturing his first riding title at the conclusion of the Fairplex Park meet. In 2013 ...

Birthdate: March 3, 1968 Birthplace: Selah, Wash. Family: wife, Kimberly; children Riley, Jack and Denae Ward, the son of Washington trainer Dennis Ward and grandson of New York outrider Jim Dailey, ...

The sport of horse racing in America dates to the colonial era, when Richard Nicolls, governor of New York, set up the first formal racetrack on Long Island. Since the 17th Century, the sport has ...

If you plan to make a long-term habit of handicapping and betting horse races, you’ll gradually realize that it’s an endeavor that challenges you to constantly learn and adapt. Such is the nature of ...

The field for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar barrels toward the finish line, with eventual winner More Than Looks (upper left, pink saddle cloth, yellow and blue jockey silks) ranging up on ...

The city of Lexington, Ky., has long been considered the center of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States. Ironically, a racehorse named Lexington was equally pivotal in developing the modern ...