Horse Racing

A racehorse’s escape attempt resulted in its recapture, but not before creating quite a sight on an Indiana highway. The first race on Saturday at Kentucky’s Ellis Park Racing and Gaming saw a horse buck its rider, escape the track and speed north on U.S. Highway 41 according to WEHT, crossing state lines into Indiana

2021 Rancho Bernardo Handicap 2021 Rancho Bernardo Handicap Joe Bravo celebrates aboard Edgeway after winning the 2021 Rancho Bernardo Handicap Date: 08/20/2021 The feature race on the Friday before the Pacific Classic at Del Mar was the $100,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) for fillies and mares sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track. Conditions

Averly Jane, whose half-brother Chattel (Giant Oak) belied 22-1 odds when he took this race in 2018, followed in big bro’s hoofsteps while remaining unbeaten in her first start since April and beating the boys. An 8 3/4-length debut romper at Keeneland Apr. 5, the Fasig-Tipton October value buy returned just 13 days later to

1:13 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — B. Wayne Hughes, the founder and chairman of Public Storage whose passion for horse racing culminated with a victory by Authentic in the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic, died Wednesday. He was 87. Hughes died at home at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, according to

by Joe Bianca & Katie Ritz SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–The Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale completed a successful return Monday at the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion in Saratoga, as a lively day of trading built on a strong Sunday opener to conclude the auction with average, gross and median numbers up and the RNA rate

2021 King Edward Stakes Results 2021 King Edward Stakes (G2) Rafael Hernandez and Olympic Runner return after the King Edward Stakes Date: 08/15/2021 The feature race on Sunday at Woodbine was the $175,000 King Edward Stakes (G2), a 1 mile trip for older horses going around 1 turn of the E.P. Taylor turf course and

6:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A racehorse trainer pleaded guilty in New York on Wednesday to charges related to a scheme to give horses performance-enhancing drugs. Jorge Navarro entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, where sentencing was scheduled for Dec. 17. Navarro was charged last year along with over two dozen

A colt by leading sire Into Mischief sparked a spirited bidding war Tuesday night at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga, with Coolmore’s MV Magnier eventually coming out on top with a winning bid of $2.6 million. Hip 168 was consigned by Gainesway, Agent XIX and is the second foal out of Paola Queen (Flatter), winner of the 2016

2021 Saratoga Oaks Day 2021 Saratoga Oaks Results Con Lima and Flavien Prat head to the winner’s circle after the Saratoga Oaks. Date: 08/08/2021 The feature race on the Sunday of Whitney weekend at Saratoga was the $700,000 Saratoga Oaks Invitational (G1), for 3-year-old fillies going 1 3/16 miles over the Mellon turf course. Conditions

Wildfires have been burning in Greece in recent days The world’s largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet. The study is by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – a UN group that looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. It

7:22 PM ET Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Captain Corey took the lead early, held off one challenge and then drew off in the stretch to give trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt his second win in the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands. Svanstedt didn’t need any help from the judges this time. He

Aug 7, 2021 Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen broke the North American record for victories by a trainer Saturday when Stellar Tap won the fifth race on Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course. Asmussen has 9,446 victories to break the mark set by the late Dale Baird during

The German modern pentathlon coach was disqualified and won’t be part of the men’s individual final at the Tokyo Olympics after she hit a horse with her fist earlier in the Games. Coach Kim Raisner, according to Reuters, hit a horse with her fist during Friday’s show jumping in Tokyo and urged a German rider

2021 Troy, National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, and Alydar Stakes 2021 Troy, National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, and Alydar Stakes Tyler Gaffalione and Fast Boat head to the winner’s circle after the 2021 Troy Stakes Date: 08/06/2021 The co-feature race on Friday at Saratoga was the $200,000 Troy Stakes (G3) presented

Following an agreement between 1/ST RACING’s Gulfstream Park, the Jockeys’ Guild and the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, Gulfstream Park will institute new house rules regarding the usage of riding crops.    The implementation of the new crop rules come into effect on Friday, Aug. 6. The extensive list of rules includes: designating when

West Point Thoroughbreds’ Kanthaka (Jimmy Creed–Sliced Bread, by Noonmark), a dual graded-stakes winner on dirt and Grade I placed on turf, has been retired. According to a tweet from the New Jersey-based partnership, John H. Haines, a partner in the 6-year-old gelding, adopted Kanthaka and moved him to a ranch in Oregon, where he arrived

2021 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes 2021 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Florent Geroux aboard Shedaresthedevil in the winner’s circle after the 2021 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Date: 8/1/2021 The highlight race of the second Sunday of Del Mar’s summer meeting is the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16

Jockeys across the country will join in a show of support for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Saturday. At some 25 racetracks, riders will wear armbands and participate in fund-raising activities raise funds for the PDJF and raise awareness of National Disability Independence Day, which marks the 31st anniversary of the passage of the Americans