Horse Racing
Horses take to the air ahead of equestrian eventing at Paris Olympics
Welcome aboard, hope you are standing comfortably. For the horses on the U.S. eventing team, the journey to France for the Paris Olympics was - quite literally - a four-legged journey.
Churchill Downs lifts suspension of trainer Bob Baffert after more than three years
Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing the Hall of Fame trainer to resume racing his horses at the historic track and partner facilities after more than three years of banishment for a failed drug test of 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.
Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch returns for the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park
Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch and runner-up Mindframe are set to renew their rivalry when they return to racing for the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday.
Belmont Park winter racing to take place on a synthetic surface when the track reopens in 2026
Winter racing at Belmont Park will take place exclusively on a synthetic surface when the New York track reopens in 2026, a move made with the hope of keeping horses and jockeys safer and improving year-round conditions when also running on dirt and turf.
Werth-owned horse Dornoch wins Belmont Stakes
Jayson Werth reached baseball's mountaintop when he won the World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008. On Saturday, the Washington Nationals legend brought home another trophy when a horse he owns a stake in, Dornoch, won the Belmont Stakes.
Most OK with Belmont Stakes’ shorter length at Saratoga
This year, with the Belmont Stakes happening at Saratoga Race Course instead of Belmont Park, the shape of the track makes it implausible to run it at 1 1/2 miles, so it's being shortened to 1 1/4 miles - the same distance as the Kentucky Derby.
Historic Saratoga takes its place at center of horse racing world when Belmont Stakes comes to town
Health, history and horses are the three H's carved into the welcome sign when travelers venturing into New York's Adirondack Mountains reach Saratoga Springs.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan on track to run in Belmont
Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up Mystik Dan is on track to run in the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 8, trainer Kenny McPeek said Thursday.
Seize the Grey wins Preakness Stakes for Lukas, ends Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid
Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan takes on 7 other horses in the 149th Preakness
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is looking for back-to-back Triple Crown victories when he t akes on seven other horses in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday night.
Triple Crown stepchild? Diminished prestige fuels Preakness debate
D. Wayne Lukas sat in his corner of the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course earlier this week and pointed several stalls down.
Preakness favorite Muth ruled out of second leg of Triple Crown after spiking a fever
Preakness favorite Muth has been ruled out of the race after spiking a fever, removing a horse trained by Bob Baffert and potentially giving Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan a clearer path through the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Final Preakness at Pimlico before rebuilding stirs nostalgia (and relief)
The 149th rendition of the Preakness on Saturday will be the last before a massive reconstruction project begins at Pimlico, and with that brings a mix of nostalgia over the vaunted venue -- but also hope for the future. Because fixing up the old place has been long overdue.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan settles in at Pimlico ahead of the Preakness
Mystik Dan exerted so much energy winning the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish in 75 years that there was no guarantee his camp would send him to the Preakness to chase the second jewel of the Triple Crown.
Derby winner Mystik Dan opens as Preakness second favorite after Muth
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan on Monday drew the No. 5 post position in Saturday's Preakness, when the colt will look to sweep the first two legs of horse racing's Triple Crown -- though he's not favored to do so.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is heading to the Preakness after all
Mystik Dan, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby by a nose in the race's closest finish in more than a half-century, is heading to the Preakness next weekend after all, keeping alive the chance of another Triple Crown winner.
Maryland governor signs bill to rebuild Pimlico Race Course
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a measure on Thursday to rebuild Baltimore's historic but antiquated Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control.
Mystik Dan’s status remains unclear as three horses are confirmed for Preakness
Three horses are confirmed as headed to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, though the status of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan remained unclear Tuesday, with no imminent decision expected.
Mystik Dan wins Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish
Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a three-horse photo finish, edging out Sierra Leone by a nose with Forever Young third in the tightest finish since 1996 on Saturday.
Year after flip flop, NBC’s Eddie Olczyk hopes he feels better about his Kentucky Derby pick
Last year at the Kentucky Derby, Eddie Olczyk did what every horse racing fan and handicapper has done at one point - he changed his pick and ended up regretting it.
