The 2019 horse racing schedule continues on Saturday with one of the richest races in the world, the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. The $6 million race has attracted a talented field of accomplished older horses, up-and-coming three-year-olds and even the classy five-year-old mare Elate. The Bob Baffert-trained McKinzie is the 3-1…
FORNEY, Texas — Mike McBarron stepped out of the 96-degree heat and into a shed on his feedlot after loading 37 horses onto a truck. They were headed to Mexico, where they would be slaughtered and shipped around the world for human consumption. “It’s just a job to me,” McBarron told USA TODAY Sports. “I…
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Thirty horse deaths over the winter at Santa Anita. The first disqualification for interference in Kentucky Derby history. A horse tossing his jockey at the start of the Preakness and running around the track rider-less. Six more deaths at Santa Anita this fall. A tragic, wild and unusual year in horse…
Many eyes will be on the field for the Grade 3, $200,000 Bold Ruler Handicap if for no other reason than to see how Maximum Security performs after being entered and then scratched from the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 21. Having won the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stakes two races after finishing first in…
The Town of Dumfries is one of two Virginia localities that could be the future home of a “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium,” a pari-mutuel betting parlor, depending on the outcome of a voter referendum Nov. 5. If the ballot question passes, the eastern Prince William County town of about 5,200 residents could be home to a…
Thu 24 Oct 2019 Supreme Racing’s horses include Kemboy (Focusonracing) Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Kemboy could be barred from running for the foreseeable future following a ban on entries and declarations registered in the ownership of Supreme Horse Racing Club. The syndicate, which has more than 20 horses with champion trainer Willie Mullins, hit the…
CLOSE Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide OCEANPORT – The New Jersey Racing Commission approved a series of proposed rule changes on Wednesday at its meeting at Monmouth Park, with proposals designed to enhance safety within the horse racing industry in the state. The Commission also approved a $20 million, taxpayer-funded purse subsidy for the horse…
The Grade 2, $250,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes is one of the last graded stakes for the year restricted to 3-year-old fillies, and it’s a dynamite edition of the race. Of the 11 fillies entered, six come into the race off of first- or second-place finishes and another couple were competitive at the top level…
Everyone has heard about the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and just about every adult (that I know, at least) has made a bet on the Derby. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships are just as much of a spectacle, and the two-day event offers even more opportunities to cash big tickets on premier horse racing.…
POLL: Should Georgia expand gambling to include casinos and horse racing? Georgia has yet to expand legal gambling beyond the lottery, but that isn’t stopping a three-day parade of representatives from the world’s gaming industry from pitching their businesses to state lawmakers. One after another, operators of casinos and representatives from the horse racing industry told a…
