Dale Romans will be hard on the campaign trail this spring trying to win a Senate seat for the state of Kentucky. He’s also hoping he might be on the Kentucky Derby trail at the same time, a dream ...

<p>DRF WEEKEND: There are no obvious traces left of Brooklyn’s grand horse racing past, but from the late-1800's to 1910, the tracks at Gravesend, Brighton Beach, and Sheepshead Bay made the city ...

Golden Tempo, Renegade, and Chief Wallabee – the first-, second-, and fourth-place finishers from the Derby – are considered definite for the Belmont, which, for the third straight year, will be held ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. escaped serious injury from an incident shortly after the start of Sunday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga, but he took off his mounts on Monday, the final day of the Saratoga ...

The last story, an obituary if you will, is something no one wants to write about a racetrack. But sadly, the end will finally come to Pompano Park in a few short weeks, as the realization that the ...

Few people make it through life without some form of struggle. For some those moments can be few and far between while others wrestle with their vices so often that they spill over to impact their ...

The Florida House Commerce Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would allow Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach and Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar to decouple their racing and gambling licenses.

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that historical horse racing machines cannot be operated in the state without approval from local voters, putting in jeopardy – for now – a significant source of ...

The winner of next year’s National Horseplayers Championship will be guaranteed a purse of $1 million, approximately 25 percent higher than recent first-place awards.

The California Horse Racing Board on Sunday officially filed charges against apprentice jockey Eswan Flores, alleging he tested positive for cocaine, board spokesman Mike Marten said late Sunday ...

Gstaad, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Del Mar last October, will be an odds-on favorite to win his first Group 1 in Europe in Saturday’s $580,600 Irish 2000 Guineas at a mile for 3-year ...

The Fair Hill Turf Showcase, a two-day meet featuring eight flat races on Sunday and nine steeplechase races on Monday, will be the second event hosted on the course since last August.