Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California, home to one of the nation’s largest horse racing training facilities, just hit a major milestone as the sport works to improve safety across the board. The ...

(This story has been changed to reflect the updated post time, announced on Thursday, and that Rodriguez and Grande were scratched from the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Thursday and Friday, respectively).

The Odorisio brothers — Tim, Mike and Mark — recently used their horse sense to compete in a national handicapping contest. The Omahans took part in the event last weekend in Las Vegas. A field of 779 ...

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Tony McCoy, known to the racing world and beyond simply by his initials 'A.P.', retired from the sport at Sandown Park on Saturday after a peerless career, leaving behind ...

D. Wayne Lukas, a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing trainer whose career exceeded six decades, died Saturday night at the age of 89 after battling several health problems in recent weeks.

Horse racing officials will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday to review the "unusually high number" of deaths at Churchill Downs after two more horses were euthanized over the weekend, bringing the ...

Horse racing is dead, right? That’s all we’ve heard for the last decade or two, much less years. All those horrible equine fatalities at Santa Anita a couple of years back. All those Bob Baffert drug ...

Oct 12 (Reuters) - The number of horses participating in the 2024 Grand National will be reduced from 40 to 34, the Jockey Club said on Thursday, among other changes introduced for safety reasons. The ...