With three weeks remaining in the year, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has set a new single season record for earnings at more than $39.4 million through Dec. 7. Ortiz, Jr. eclipsed the previous mark of $39.1 ...

Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top Thoroughbred Poll. Week 19 of the 2025 ...

Record: 11 starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 3 thirds What he’s done: Won the Arkansas Derby, finished second in the Southwest Stakes and third in the Preakness Stakes and Rebel Stakes What’s next: ...

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 ...

C.R. Trout is an Oklahoma-based Thoroughbred owner and breeders who also trains many of his own horses. His biggest career wins to date came in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes in 2011, when Shotgun Gulch ...

American King Dark Bay or Brown Colt / February 8th, 2023 in KY / by American Pharoah out of Nella Vetrina ...

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 $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks is the premier dirt race for 3-year-old fillies in North America, a 1 1/8-mile test that goes a long way toward determining the Eclipse Award in the division ...

Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2025 Longines Breeders’ ...

Call it the chomp seen ’round the world. When Firenze Fire strained his neck to repeatedly savage Yaupon in the final stages of their stretch duel in the Aug. 28 Forego Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, ...

Further Ado followed up a striking maiden victory at Keeneland last month by producing a 1 3/4-length score in the $400,000 Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes Nov. 29 at Churchill Downs.

It’s a racing highlight that equestrians and sporting art enthusiasts look forward to every year. Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery continue their collaboration by offering the 13th annual ...