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 ...
Horse racing fans and the people who handle the horses are truly resilient. Not war-torn resilient or refugee resilient, as current events in Europe are displaying in horrific detail. But resilient in ...
Recent stories, including in the Times Union, on the massive subsidization of the American horse racing industry have laid bare the economic unsustainability of racing in the 21st century. Lost in all ...
Join us for an exhilarating race commentary as we dive into the technical specs of Gen 3 cars, featuring impressive horsepower and top speeds. Discover how Formula E is revolutionizing racing with ...
As a jockey who has had the privilege of crossing the finish line first in some of the biggest races in the world, including all three Triple Crown races, I know what it takes to succeed in this sport ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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).