Lessons from ‘The Coach’: D. Wayne Lukas on Passion, Focus, and a Commitment to Horse Racing. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who retired from a six-decade career on June 22, made an ...

On the June 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Frank Angst recap the Belmont Stakes (G1) and hear from trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado after Sovereignty's ...

Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...

The 97 th Whitney Stakes is headlined by National Treasure, who has won two Grade 1 races so far this year including the June 8 Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap, which was held at Saratoga this ...

This year’s Pacific Classic Aug. 31 at Del Mar is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” series. The winner of the Pacific Classic will earn an expenses-paid spot in the starting gate ...

The $500,000, Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap Presented by Twinspires.com scheduled for Saturday at Aqueduct offers one final opportunity for accomplished dirt mile horses to compete in a marquee race ...

The focus of the horse racing world zeroes in on Saratoga Race Course Aug. 24 for the 155 th running of the DraftKings Travers Stakes.The 1 ¼-mile Travers, called the “Mid-Summer Derby,” is the most ...

Enter Sandman in the Preakness? Yes, indeed. In a post on X on Saturday, May 10, the Preakness Stakes announced that Arkansas Derby winner and Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve ...

Other interesting post-position stats include a 10.5% win rate for gate 5, which was the post position of both 2017 winner Always Dreaming and 2014 winner California Chrome and has produced the most ...

One of the premier prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is set for Saturday at Oaklawn Park, when the 89 th Arkansas Derby will be held. The 1 1/8-mile race has been very ...

The final three major prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve worth 100 qualifying points each to the winner are on tap for Saturday in New York, Kentucky, and California, so ...

The dark bay or brown son of Coal Front is trained by 72-year-old Lonnie Briley and will be ridden by Juan Vargas, 43.Each will be making his first Derby appearance. Vargas was so lightly regarded ...