(I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Larry Bramlage and Euki Binns for their help in validating research and statistical information for this article, and to @JennyPhoto for the supporting pictures.) I...

The young man from Richmond, Ky., who had a special connection to Cody's Wish, died on his way home from the Breeders' Cup World Championships after watching his namesake win his second consecutive...

When the gates opened on the 2019 Preakness, maiden Bodexpress leapt into the air, flinging jockey John Velazquez's feet out of his irons and dropping the Hall

Santa Anita executives, including The Stronach Group (TSG) chairman and president Belinda Stronach, held an online meeting Thursday with Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and other...

From the starting line to the finish line, opening day to the final race of the season, the Del Mar racetrack prides itself on injury-free races.

Lost in the melee and the aftermath of the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby is the powerful story of how the jockeys have come together to do their part to save horse racing. These same jockeys,...

A Note From Donna: This is an article written by Amy Hoffer, in response to my last blog post “PETA is a Bully” . To be sure, neither Amy nor I are under the illusion that horse racing is perfect. It...

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York was live.

Though some of the usual Derby Week sights were missing on the Churchill Downs backstretch Aug. 28, as horses completed their final drills for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby (G1), one constant remained...

Five female jockeys have made history by winning all seven races on the card at a single meet in Toowoomba.

Trainer John Pimental was mired in a 1-for-46 streak on the morning of July 28, 2023. But the 68-year-old horseman knew he didn't have life as bad as those numbers suggested. He was taking care of...

Lifelong horseman W. Cothran Campbell passed away Saturday afternoon at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. He was 91. The founder of Dogwood Stable, and widely considered the progenitor of present...

Jockey Hitomi Miyashita became the first Japanese female to hit the 1,000-win milestone this week, reports the Japan Times. She won with Real Speed at Nagoya

Officials from Churchill Downs Inc. traveled to Great Britain last week to look into the possibility of doing away with the two-starting gate system now used

It’s long been known that horse’s react to human emotions, but a new study shows just how in-tune equines are to their human counterparts. To test their

Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer wants Gov. Andy Beshear to allow thoroughbred racing to resume during coronavirus crisis.

“It was a beautiful land where flowers bloomed, the flamingos basked in the sun and airplanes flew overhead. A land where horses became immortal, and jockeys became famous.” I wrote those words in

In this monthly feature, BloodHorse will profile racing personalities under the age of 40 who are making names for themselves in the Thoroughbred industry. 

The 145th, known heretofore as the craziest Kentucky Derby ever! I will endeavor to clear up a few questions I’ve been asked, and in the process bust a few myths and opine here and there. I’ll try to...

Rachael Blackmore created history when she became the first female jockey to win the Grand National when riding Minella Times to victory