Herald-Leader’s coverage of Lexington’s 250th birthday spotlights one the city’s most notable horse trainers: Shug McGaughey, ...

Lexington’s Kenny McPeek, the trainer for both Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan and Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna, is a ...

Paul Oreffice, a partner in both Dogwood Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners who was in on Preakness Stakes (G1) winner ...

You dream about winning the Belmont Stakes but you know it will never happen. I've had a lot of thrills in racing but to win the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga was No. 1. I don't know how you describe ...

The breeding of Hill Prince, while not that extreme, resulted from mating a $750 mare to a stallion with an exotic pedigree ...

The 2024 Belmont Stakes proved a milestone event for both New York horse racing and the sport as a whole and held a public ...

No surprise, Thorpedo Anna was among the three finalists in the 3-Year-Old Filly category when the top vote-getters for the ...

The Eclipse Award finalists, three in each category, were announced last weekend. At first glance, the equine categories ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — In a city known for the sport of kings, the anticipation and thrill of just one horse race overtook ... The festivities for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which ran ...

Frankie Dettori's six-win Santa Anita Derby day is among the top 10 horse racing 2024 moments for which fans can vote ...

Mystik Dan, a nose winner of the 150th Kentucky Derby in the closest three-horse finish since 1947, was last. The 3-year-old colt raced for the first time since finishing eighth in the Belmont Stakes ...

How is it that overall sports betting continues to boom, but horse racing wagering — “the sport of kings” — continues to fall ...