SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In terms of pedigree, Lecomte had the goods. In terms of performance, he developed the promise of his exquisite bloodlines into a lasting legacy as one of the elite American ...

One of the biggest nights of stakes racing at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino is set for this Saturday in Opelousas, La. Many of the top Louisiana breds have won stakes races including Ova Charged ...

The 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby will once again air on NBC with a familiar voice calling the action from Churchill ...

Jan 9, 1992; Trainer/jockey Diane Crump, right, talks with jockey Dana Abell in the stables at Churchill Downs. Crump was the first female jockey to ride in a sanctioned draped hand as well as the ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs held a moment of silence and played 'My Old Kentucky Home' when news hit the world that horse racing legend, 89-year-old D. Wayne Lukas died. Lukas retired from horse ...

The life of the legendary racehorse owner Trevor Hemmings has been celebrated in a special collection of stamps ahead of the Grand National. A three-time Aintree winner, Hemmings – who died in 2021 at ...

As a big horse racing fan, country music legend Toby Keith had dreamed of having one of his horses race in the Kentucky Derby all of his life. That dream is now coming true just over a year after his ...

Some 30 years ago, Arkansas businessman Bob Yagos asked around about finding a horse trainer after getting into racehorse ownership. The answer over and over: William "Jinks" Fires. "I knew nothing ...

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode the legendary Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973 and won more than 3,000 races over his two-decade career, died Friday morning of natural causes at his home in ...

A barn is just four walls and a roof ... and maybe a hay loft. But what happens to Barn 44 following the death of D. Wayne Lukas? Piece by piece, the most legendary barn on the backside of the most ...