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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The recent string of racehorse deaths at Santa Anita Park in California has attracted widespread national attention and, in the process, left the horse racing industry scrambling. The timing, of ...

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 ...

As a horse owner, lifelong racing fan, and an employee at the historic Keeneland race track in Kentucky (although I’m based in Baltimore), I do not want to focus on the problems that Maryland racing ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Authors Brien Bouyea and Michael Veitch will present a selection of stories about the remarkable history of the Travers Stakes and sign copies of their book, The Travers: ...

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 ...