There was really no choice! Though the hardship on horsemen to move horses, grooms, equipment, and their operation to Ellis Park from Churchill Downs a month early is significant, there was really no ...

Racing's inherent dangers help to explain certain phenomena; from why it's prohibitively expensive to keep a valuable stud prospect like Justify in training, to why the language of the sport is ...

The organization, which is closing, needs to settle its accounts with municipalities, racing associations and breeding funds.

Kabirkhan looks a lot like his famous sire, trainer Doug Watson told the Thoroughbred Racing Commentary this week. Both the Kazakh-owned colt and California Chrome are a coppery chestnut color with ...

I’m fortunate to have spent most of my life working with horses. I do not take this privilege for granted, in either the good times or the bad. It’s fair to say we have had some challenging times in ...

Trainer Mark Casse, a member of the Hall of Fame in both the United States and Canada, has won over 3,900 races during his career in North America. This week, Casse told Thoroughbred Racing Commentary ...

A series of troubling events over the past year led to a long-overdue social justice reckoning for our nation, causing nearly every industry to reevaluate its cultures and daily practices. The horse ...

It is fair to say that in Derek Thompson, who hung up his binoculars after his final call at Wolverhampton this week bringing an end to 60 years as a commentator, racing didn’t appreciate what it had ...

Thank you so much for printing the commentary about the sick “sport” of horse racing (“Horse deaths, like those at Laurel Park, are routine in racing — one more reason to end the ‘sport,'” April 27).

Just one week after the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority released incredibly positive news about significant improvements in the safety standards of our game, editors at the New York Times ...