Horse Racing

Nicky Henderson-trained Jonbon claims a ninth Grade One success, beating Energumene by six and a half lengths in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot.

The devastating wildfires that have swept through Los Angeles and left countless families homeless are also impacting the horse racing community in the city.

Christopher L. Merz has been named the new executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, according to the state’s department of labor. Merz succeeded Mike Hopkins, who retired Dec. 31 after 41 years at the Maryland Racing Commission, including the last 24 as the executive director. Merz has vast experience in the industry and has served as senior director of racing operations at ...

Vice president of the United Arab Emirates outlays millions to secure one of the world’s most successful horse training and breeding farms

The Grand National is the only horse race truly captures the national imagination, with the millions glued to television screens for an average of 9 minutes and 10 seconds every April.

The Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of jump racing, bringing together the very best horses from Britain, Ireland and France for four days of unparalleled action and drama.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the most prestigious race of the British and Irish jump racing season and the centrepiece of the Cheltenham Festival.

Jan. 7—CELINA — Bob Geist, superintendent of the harness program at the Mercer County Fair, has been named the recipient of the Ohio Colt Racing Association's Dr. H.D. Schoonover Award and the Ohio Harness Horsemen's 23rd annual Dick Brandt Sr. "Extra Effort" award. The honors recognize individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and passion for Ohio harness racing and their local ...

For an Irishman who resolutely did not want to be a jockey as a teenager, Daryl Jacob might reasonably reflect that it has not been a bad ride as he hung up his boots a day after winning a Grade One on Impaire Et Passe at Limerick on December 28.

Barnes defeated stablemate Romanesque by 5 1/2 lengths to get another win for Baffert in a field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls at Santa Anita.

Paul Robson, who stepped back from his undertaker business to become a racehorse trainer, is in hospital with multiple fractures to his pelvis after “a freak accident” at his Northumberland yard.

The New York Racing Association on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss itself from a lawsuit recently filed against the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and others in a Kentucky federal district court. The case will not end, however, as Churchill Downs Inc. remains a plaintiff against HISA, a private regulatory organization that Congress …

Brighterdaysahead beats last season's Champion Hurdle winner State Man by over 30 lengths on the final day of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival.

British jump racing ends 2024 on a high and with a lot to look forward to in 2025, so much so that it might be pertinent to, at the very least, wonder if the green tide which has swept over the Cheltenham Festival these past 10 years is finally beginning to go out.

Freehold Raceway was shut down with the conclusion of the program of harness racing on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.

Willie Mullins might have gone into this weekend with just three winners to show for 47 runners over Christmas and a stable considered out of form, but he retrieved something from the festive period when Galopin Des Champs, the two-time Gold Cup winner, ran out an impressive winner of the Savills Chase at Leopardstown, a track he likes even more than Cheltenham, on Saturday.

Galopin Des Champs secures his 10th Grade One triumph after dominating stablemate Fact To File to win the Savills Chase at Leopardstown.

Shropshire trainer Mel Rowley ponders what might happen next for Val Dancer following the seven-year-old's Welsh Grand National victory.

A new star of the chasing ranks was born yesterday when Sir Gino made a stunning debut over fences. He beat Cheltenham Festival winner Ballyburn 7½ lengths with his ears pricked and barely coming off the bridle.

Mel Rowley trained Val Dancer has won the 2024 Welsh Grand National.

Jockey Sam Ewing had his second Grade One win of the Christmas Festival on day two at Leopardstown.

Raging Torrent won the $200,000 Malibu Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths on Thursday at Santa Anita, with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finishing last.

Raging Torrent, a winner in four of seven races this year, won the Malibu Stakes on the first day of racing at Santa Anita. Mystik Dan finished last.

Social media and certain pundits may have “retired” Constitution Hill twice this autumn but Nicky Henderson’s outstanding seven-year-old proved he is still the one to beat by winning the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle – and led his jockey to call out some who had got it so wrong.

Gordon Elliott's Croke Park hangs on to win a thrilling Racing Post Long Distance Novice Chase in foggy conditions on day one of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival.

The turnaround has been nothing short of astounding; a few years ago, as the amateur rider being put on a few steering jobs by his trainer-father, Noel George was regarded almost as a joke by his professional weighing-room colleagues.

Irish challenger Spillane's Tower heads the 11-strong field declared for Thursday's King George VI Chase at Kempton.

Mystik Dan had to make a 1,900-mile van ride to Santa Anita to run in the Malibu Stakes. He's the first Derby winner to race at Santa Anita as a 3-year-old since 1997.

The unpredictability of horses is often cited as the reason for a shock result in the sport of kings. But sometimes it is not just the favourite under-performing and an outsider over-performing. Sometimes the bookmakers have got it wrong and sometimes the punters have not done all their homework – or they have fallen for the hype surrounding a horse.

The California Authority of Racing Fairs voted unanimously to withdraw its application for a racing meeting starting later this month at Pleasanton Fairgrounds.

The Northern California racing experiment will be coming to an end this week, effectively killing racing in the northern part of the state and having an impact statewide.

This week's recruiting updates: Chad Martin, Jasper Shepps, Ethan Campoli, Jackson Connelly, and Cole DeLattre.

Brothers James and Sean Bowen dead-heated on Quantock Hills and Teriferma respectively in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham.

A new national body that regulates the safety and integrity of horseracing has become the target of a constitutional lawsuit that could shake up the sport. Last week, Churchill Downs Inc. and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) sued the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and others in a Kentucky federal district court. Churchill …

The French jockey guided Poster to a nose victory in the 1 1/8 mile race for 2-year-olds at Aqueduct.

Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen shook hands with the Hall of Fame trainer he once battled in court.

The track announced that there will be live racing on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 29-30), bringing a long tradition back to the track in Phoenix.

Rarely can a jockey’s career spanning just three years, 18 rides and one winner have been considered good autobiography material, but when the unheralded Karen Wiltshire won the Winterbourne Handicap at Salisbury on The Goldstone in 1978, it was a feat up there in its own way with Alex Greaves’s Nunthorpe, Hayley Turner’s July Cup and Rachael Blackmore’s Grand National.

Texas took control early and then finished strong in the fourth quarter for a 17-point win over Kentucky.

Ed Chamberlin has said he was so hurt by criticism of ITV’s coverage of the deaths of three horses at Cheltenham, he wanted Match of the Day to come calling.

City Of Troy has become only the third Derby winner to receive the sport’s most prestigious accolade, Cartier Horse of the Year.