Horse Racing

Record-breaking Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien brought up another milestone on Saturday as he celebrated his 900th Group or Graded winner with Broome’s victory in the Hardwicke Stakes on the last day of Royal Ascot. O’Brien’s great rival these days Charlie Appleby — who started out training a while after the 52-year-old Irishman did — is

The packed stands at Epsom and Royal Ascot are just the images a sport wants beamed worldwide but away from the prestigious meetings racing faces a challenging time in attracting new spectators. Worryingly for the ‘Sport of Kings’ the crown seemed to have lost a bit of its lustre with disappointing crowds for both the

Frankie Dettori said he could “chillax” after he bounced back from a “tough week” to get off the mark and win the feature Coronation Stakes on the third day of Royal Ascot with the impressive unbeaten filly Inspiral. The 51-year-old Italian superstar lapped up the adulation and a warm welcome back in the winners enclosure from

Kyprios gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a record extending eighth Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday but it was three-time winner Stradivarius who received the biggest round of applause after finishing a gallant third on his final appearance at the meeting. Indeed the eight-year-old Stradivarius had been applauded by the crowd prior to Frankie Dettori climbing on

Kyprios gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a record extending eighth Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday with Stradivarius missing out on a record-equalling fourth victory finishing a gallant third. Frankie Dettori, on Stradivarius, had been shadowed and penned in on the rails by Kyprios’s rider Ryan Moore throughout the race. However, Moore was better placed to launch

State of Rest gave two-time Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O’Brien his first Royal Ascot winner with an impressive victory in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. O’Brien also won the race as a jockey 10 years ago. The well-travelled four-year-old winner has already won prestigious Australian Group One contest The Cox Plate, as O’Brien has largely

The simmering stand-off between the Texas Racing Commission and the powers behind the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) bubbled higher Monday, when the commission’s executive director issued a letter warning Texas will prohibit the import and export of pari-mutuel simulcast signals at its racetracks if the Act goes into effect on July 1 with

2022 North America Cup 2022 North America Cup Entries Desperate Man winning the 2021 North America Cup. Date: 06/14/2022 The 39th running of the Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park, one of the most important races on the continent for three-year-old pacers, will be run Saturday night June 18. Sponsored by Pepsi since

2022 Belmont Results 2022 Belmont Results Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. celebrates aboard Mo Donegal after winning the Belmont Stakes Date: 06/11/2022 The $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets, contested at 1 1/2 miles, one lap of the Belmont Park main track for 3-year-olds, is the third jewel of the Triple Crown, with

It was a good day for Mo Donegal’s owner. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) A few months after maybe the most unlikely Kentucky Derby winner ever, the favorite took the win at the Belmont Stakes. Mo Donegal, which entered the race as a 5-2 favorite, surged down the stretch to win the 2022 Belmont Stakes. It

2022 Belmont Stakes Festival Friday Photos 2022 Belmont Stakes Festival Friday Bleecker Street takes her walk down Victory Lane after the New York Stakes (G1) Date: 06/10/2022 The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from Thursday to Saturday, highlighted by the 154th Belmont Stakes run on Saturday. Friday afternoon’s card included 5 graded stakes, contested under

2022 Belmont Stakes Friday Works 2022 Belmont Stakes Friday Workout Photos The grandstand on Friday morning at Belmont Park Date: 06/10/2022 The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from June 9 to June 11, highlighted by the 154th Belmont Stakes run on Saturday June 11 with Peter Pan Stakes winner We the People the morning line

Understandably, there is less hype surrounding the 2022 Belmont Stakes than previous iterations of the race. Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike was held out of the Preakness. Early Voting won the Preakness, but he is being held out of the Belmont Stakes. So not only is there no intrigue of a potential Triple Crown winner,

Jun 8, 2022 ESPN Sports Betting The 154 running of the Belmont Stakes will take place Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. While the Triple Crown won’t be on the line, Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will be part of the eight-horse field. Post time for the race is set for approximately 6:49

2022 Belmont Stakes Festival Thursday Photos 2022 Belmont Stakes Festival Thursday Photos Manny Franco celebrates aboard Consumer Spending after winning the Wonder Again Stakes (G2). Date: 06/09/2022 The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from Thursday to Saturday, highlighted by the 154th Belmont Stakes run on Saturday, the third leg of the Triple Crown series. After

4:48 PM ET Associated Press Lisa Lazarus walked around the backstretch at Belmont Park nine days before the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, selling as much as observing. The CEO of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority talked with trainers, riders and other horsemen about the sport’s federally mandated new governing body that

ELMONT, N.Y. – As Rick Dawson detailed the journey since they plucked Rich Strike from a $30,000 maiden claiming race nine months ago, it was like a recitation of the American racing dream, the last month of which has played out in real time on the national stage. There’s not an ounce of pretention in

11:45 AM ET ESPN Sports Betting The 154th running of the Belmont Stakes features plenty of intriguing storylines. While the Triple Crown won’t be on the line, three of the top six finishers, including Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, will be part of the eight-horse field. Post time for the race is set for approximately