Horse Racing

The old man’s still got it, sitting high atop his horse at Churchill Downs on Thursday morning, out on the track, overseeing his operation. At age 86, this is what D. Wayne Lukas lives for, back in the sport’s biggest weekend with Secret Oath in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks and Ethereal Road in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.

12:20 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing was announced Tuesday, two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency had been set to become the regulator for anti-doping and medication control for thoroughbred racing.

The lead-up to the 148th Kentucky Derby will focus on the absence of six-time champion trainer Bob Baffert, currently serving a suspension after last year’s winner, Medina Spirit, tested positive for banned substances. But once the race begins, the 20 horses, their riders and the fans watching (and wagering) on them will focus on the

2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes 2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes Epicenter (inside) works on Sunday morning Kentucky Derby Poll Who will win the 2022 Kentucky Derby? Date: 5/01/2022 All days: 4/22, 4/23, 4/24, 4/25, 4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30, 5/01 Sunday morning was quieter after all the timed works for the Kentucky Derby horses yesterday,

Beautiful Empire (Classic Empire)’s furious kick carried the day for conditioner Mark Casse, rallying from last to lead home a 1-2-3 finish for the Mark Casse barn in a brisk rendition of the Star Shoot S. at Woodbine. The filly was far back in her first two starts over conventional dirt at Churchill Downs before

12:35 PM ET Associated Press A retired New York State Supreme Court Justice on Wednesday recommended a two-year suspension for Bob Baffert after the two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer’s hearing with the New York Racing Association. The ruling by O. Peter Sherwood is not a final decision. Baffert’s camp and NYRA each have seven days to

2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes 2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes Kentucky Derby Poll Who will win the 2022 Kentucky Derby? Date: 4/27/2022 All days: 4/22, 4/23, 4/24, 4/25, 4/26, 4/27 Wednesday morning had one timed work for Kentucky Derby and Oaks horses and no changes to the points list. Video for this morning’s works can

The West Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC) on Tuesday opted to take no action either way on whether to collect and remit fees on behalf of the new Authority created by the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). States are facing a May 1 deadline to declare “in or out” middleman status pertaining to the

2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes 2022 Kentucky Derby Track Notes Date: 4/23/2022 All days: 4/22, 4/23 Today was the first day for the exclusive 7:30-7:45am training session for Kentucky Derby and Oaks horses, which will continue until Derby Day. From a Churchill Downs press release: Kentucky Derby and Oaks contenders kicked it into high gear

by Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds, which had already surpassed its record gross during Thursday’s penultimate session, powered straight through to the finish Friday, concluding with new highwater marks for average and median, as well as gross. At the end of four days

The purpose-built stables and adjoining paddock stretch almost as far as the high grey, exterior wall of Castlerea Prison in central Ireland. For the men held at the medium-security jail in County Roscommon, the horses provide an opportunity to learn practical skills — and develop more compassion through their work. The new equine centre —

For more than two years, people in Hong Kong have lived under some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in the world. But one beloved tradition has persisted: horse racing. Throughout the pandemic the Chinese city has gone to great lengths to protect the sport from shutdowns, even as schools closed and infections tore through elderly

9:42 AM ET Associated Press The Kentucky Derby television broadcast will be produced by a woman for the first time in the 148-year history of the race. Lindsay Schanzer is the new senior producer for NBC Sports’ Derby coverage, overseeing the network’s horse racing production. It’s her 10th Derby but her first running the show

Two weeks after a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge denied trainer Bob Baffert and owner Amr Zedan an “emergency” stay in their fight against the penalties levied against them by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) over Medina Spirit (Protonico)’s betamethasone positive in the 2021 GI Kentucky Derby, a separate three-judge panel denied a motion

4:50 PM ET Associated Press Zippy Chippy, horse racing’s lovable loser for never winning in 100 races, has died at the age of 31. The bay gelding was living at the Bobby Frankel Division of Old Friends at Cabin Creek thoroughbred retirement farm near Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York since 2010. The farm

The 2021 Sovereign Awards The Sovereign Awards Owner Lawrence Cordes and trainer Josie Carroll holding Mighty Heart’s Horse of the Year blanket Date: 04/14/2022 The 47th annual Sovereign Awards, saluting outstanding achievement in Canadian Thoroughbred racing and breeding in 2021, were handed out at a ceremony on Thursday evening at Universal EventSpace in Vaughan, Ontario,

The fifth session of the under-tack show for next week’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, suspended just under three hours by heavy rain, produced a pair of :9 4/5 bullet breezers, while two juveniles shared the fastest quarter-mile time of :21 flat Thursday in Central Florida. First to hit the

          Derby Winner Auction Prices 2021 Medina Spirit $35,000 2020 Authentic $350,000 2018 Justify $500,000 2017 Always Dreaming $350,000 2016 Nyquist $400,000 2015 American Pharoah $300,000 2012 I’ll Have Another $35,000 2011 Animal Kingdom $100,000 2009 Mine That Bird $9,500 2008 Big Brown $190,000 2003 Funny Cide $22,000 2002 War Emblem $20,000 2001 Monarchos $170,000 2000