Horse Racing

Let’s go back in time. Before the Kentucky Derby. Before we knew too much about Medina Spirit. Before legendary trainer Bob Baffert was once again in trouble and making little sense trying to talk his way out of controversy on the media circuit. Way back then, Essential Quality was the center of attention. The colt

8:00 AM ET The 153rd Belmont Stakes marks the final leg of the Triple Crown. Essential Quality, who finished fourth as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s race. Post time is 6:49 p.m. ET. Rombauer upset Medina Spirit, winner (for now) of the Kentucky Derby, to take the

The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) and The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) will hold the inaugural T.I.P. Barrel Racing Championships at the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium this October at the Kentucky Horse Park. The annual T.I.P. Championships features competition in disciplines including hunters, jumpers, English pleasure, Western pleasure, and classical and Western dressage.

2021 Belmont Stakes Festival Thursday Photos 2021 Belmont Stakes Festival Thursday Photos Change of Control returns after winning the Intercontinental (G3). Date: 06/03/2021 The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival runs from Thursday to Saturday, highlighted by the 153rd Belmont Stakes run on Saturday, the third leg of the Triple Crown series. After light rain earlier in

Ed Dunlop admits it is “surreal” training a leading contender for Saturday’s Epsom Derby named in honour of his father. Dunlop’s dad, John Leeper Dunlop who died aged 78 in 2018, won the coveted classic twice. The equine John Leeper, whose dam Snow Fairy Ed Dunlop trained to win the Oaks in 2010, faces 11

Analyzing the Top 2021 Belmont Stakes Contenders Belmont Poll Who will win the 2021 Belmont? Analyzing the Belmont Stakes Contenders Date: 06/01/2021 The Belmont Stakes is the oldest of the Triple Crown races, and at 1 1/2 miles on the dirt, is a dinosaur with so few main track events carded at twelve furlongs these

11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is facing disqualification after testing on a second postrace sample confirmed the presence of the the steroid betamethasone, a lawyer who represents the horse’s owner confirmed to the New York Times. Attorney Clark Brewster told the newspaper that a laboratory at UC Davis confirmed

5:51 PM ET Associated Press The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a uniform set of rules and penalties in place of the sport’s current patchwork system. In his first public comments since being appointed chairman of the Horseracing

4:38 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for two years by Churchill Downs on Wednesday after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a steroid in two different postrace drug samples. The suspension begins immediately and lasts through the 2023 Spring Meet at the race track. Attorneys

Trainer Richard Mandella has been fined $500 by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) for a Class 4 and Penalty Category C methocarbamol positive that turned up in the post-race test of Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) after the MGSW mare ran third in the GIII San Simeon S. at Santa Anita Mar. 13. The stewards’

After a second drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit returned positive for the restricted substance betamethasone, Churchill Downs has suspended trainer Bob Baffert for two years.  It made the announcement Wednesday afternoon following reports earlier Wednesday of the second positive test. Baffert’s ban extends through the 2023 spring season at Churchill Downs, meaning

Medina Spirit is a step closer from having his win in the Kentucky Derby disqualified. A second post-race drug test for Medina Spirit reportedly came back positive for betamethasone, according to Joe Drape of the New York Times. The first positive test for Medina Spirit was revealed May 9. Following that positive, Medina Spirit’s trainer

2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Day 2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Day Flavien Prat aboard Country Grammer after winning the 2021 Hollywood Gold Cup Date: 05/31/2021 The feature race on Memorial Day at Santa Anita is the $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) a 1 1/4 mile trip over the main track for the top older horses on

3:14 PM ET Associated Press RED BANK, N.J. — Sam Boulmetis Sr., a Hall of Famer who rode for nearly 20 years and won most of his four jockey titles at Monmouth Park in the 1950s, has died. He was 94. He died Sunday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, his family said. Boulmetis

2021 Belmont Stakes Entries 2021 Belmont Stakes Entries Date: 06/01/2021 The post position draw for the 153rd Belmont Stakes was held on Tuesday June 1st at Belmont Park and a field of only 8 made final entry for the 153rd renewal of the 1 1/2 mile “Test of the Champion” after UAE Derby (G2) winner

Maxim Rate (Exchange Rate) strode to the lead inside the final furlong and held off the late-closing duo of La Signare (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Bodhicitta (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) to score the first Grade I victory of her career in the GI Gamely S. at Santa Anita Monday. Dismissed at 13-1, Maxim Rate rated kindly

1:09 PM ET ESPN staff Double Asian Games silver medalist Fouaad Mirza officially confirmed his Tokyo Olympics spot, finishing second and third respectively on Seigneur Medicott and Dajara 4 to complete his Minimum Eligibility Requirement in the CCI4*- L at the Baborowko Equestrian festival Poland this weekend. It makes him only the third Indian equestrian

Four weeks after the commonly owned ‘TDN Rising Star’ and stablemate Mandaloun (Into Mischief) crossed the line second in the GI Kentucky Derby, Juddmonte’s Fulsome (Into Mischief) was afforded his own chance to shine and made the most of the opportunity in Saturday’s GIII Matt Winn S., overcoming a sluggish break to defeat Derby fifth