“Until you go to the Kentucky Derby with your own eyes, behold the Derby, you ain’t never been nowhere and you ain’t never seen nothing.”—Irving S. Cobb It was a Monday, the start of a new week, but ...

Bill Mott started his training career early in life. Mott owned and trained his first horse, a $320 mare named My Assets, who he ran at unrecognized meets in South Dakota, winning his first race at a ...

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is a horse racetrack at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the seaside city of Del Mar, Calif., 20 miles north of San Diego. It is known for the slogan "Where the Turf Meets the Surf ...

Just two days after Flightline’s record-setting victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course, Freddy Seitz signed the ticket for a 2.5% interest in the stallion prospect for ...

After a campaign highlighted by wins in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes, Sovereignty was honored as 2025’s Horse ...

America’s Best Racing has launched a monthly series to celebrate women in racing, explore the challenges they face in what has been a male-dominated industry, and highlight their achievements. Viewers ...

Contested by 3-year-old fillies at a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on dirt at Belmont Park, the Mother Goose Stakes was named for H.P. Whitney's filly Mother Goose, one of only 13 fillies to ...

The Kentucky Oaks is the sister race to the Kentucky Derby and is run the day before the Derby, usually the first Friday in May. The race, inaugurated in 1875, is restricted to 3-year-old fillies and ...

Forever Young emerged as the leading international contender for the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve during by winning his first three races in his native Japan as a 2-year-old in ...

Delaware Park has walked a long road to get to where it is today. From its inception in 1937 by William duPont, Jr., it has undergone many dramatic changes. These changes have created the character ...

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The Lecomte Stakes is a race for 3-year-olds on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 1 mile and 70 yard race is run at Fair Grounds. The race is named for one of legendary Thoroughbred racehorse and ...