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Race caller Trevor Denman, who came to Del Mar in 1984 and has been the track’s voice ever since, has been named the 19th recipient of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award. He’ll be honored in that role at the California racetrack on Saturday, August 19.

“I still feel great,” Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith says on his 58th birthday. “I’m going to keep going until I don’t.”

Hip 165 of the Saratoga catalog is the fifth foal out of the Hall of Famer Beholder, and the Curlin colt is her first to be offered by breeder Spendthrift Farm at public auction.

Corey Nakatani, Fernando Toro, Arrogate, California Chrome, and Songbird were inducted into the horse racing Hall of Fame.

Britney Eurton, Acacia Courtney Clement, and Nick Luck will co-host the 53rd Annual Eclipse Awards in 2024

Life is full of choices and sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. Trainer Bob Baffert did just that when he first came to Del Mar back in the early-1990s. It has proven to be the right move.

Just five trainers have won over half of the Grade 1 Thoroughbred races run in North America so far this year.

Danny Mulvihill, manager at Godolphin's Gainsborough Farm in Kentucky, recalls the "match made in heaven" between Cody Dorman and his namesake.

Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan During this month of celebrations, I am thrilled that long-time resident and Kentucky Derby-winning jockey, Javier Castellano, will be joining us tonight at the Belmont Festival to accept a Village Citation reserved for recognition of outstanding Village of Garden City residents who have had significant achievements. The ceremony will take place

A look at five well-known horse deaths in races ranging from the Kentucky Derby to the Preakness to the Breeders’ Cup.