Making the Grade, which will run through the 2020 Belmont Stakes, focuses on the winners or top performers of key races, usually from the previous weekend, who could impact the Triple Crown. We’ll be ...

Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Ky., is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby ...

First opened in 1951 as Waterford Park by the Charles Town Jockey Club, in Chester, West Virginia, the track was renamed Mountaineer Park in 1987 and Mountaineer Race Track in 2001. Mountaineer is ...

Located in New Kent County, Colonial Downs is Virginia's only pari-mutuel Thoroughbred racetrack. Over 80 percent of the Summer Thoroughbred races are held over the Secretariat Turf Course, which at ...

When Le Grand Jour won the first race at Penn National Race Course on August 30, 1972, a new era in sports entertainment arrived in Central Pennsylvania. And, for the past 38 years the thrills and ...

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club is a horse racetrack at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in the seaside city of Del Mar, Calif., 20 miles north of San Diego. It is known for the slogan "Where the Turf Meets the Surf ...

Yet despite his impressive pedigree, Jim Dandy was relatively unaccomplished during his first year of racing in 1929. Running nine times, he won just two races, including a 50-1 upset in the Grand ...

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport involving two or more horses ridden by a jockey over a set distance. Although its origins are somewhat unclear, the sport has been enjoyed by horse ...

The Kentucky Derby is an event for the stars – both equine and human. Making it to the race is a dream of horse owners from all walks of life. For example, former Major League Baseball World Series ...

Nicolle Neulist is more than just the Equibase chart caller for Arlington and Hawthorne Race Course. Nicolle is a self-described “loud-mouthed, blue-haired weirdo”; a prolific freelance writer who ...

The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course is an annual highlight on the North American racing calendar.

With the Kentucky Derby just two weeks away, what had looked to be an inevitable victory for Secretariat was now shrouded in questions and doubt after a stunning loss in the 1973 Wood Memorial Stakes.