Exercise Rider News Today

An exercise horse rider was killed during a training exercise at Los Alamitos race track early Saturday morning. The rider, identified as 53-year-old Alfredo Luevano, was training a 2-year-old filly on when he was found on the ground on the backstretch of the track by first responders, Los Alamitos said in a release. He was […]

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, now in its seventh year in the United States, concluded Friday afternoon during an awards ceremony at Keeneland Racecourse’s Sales Pavilion.

"She could become one with the horse. She could teach horses to do things that most people couldn't."

Honestly, the off-season isnt ive got a lot to do. thats why i got my surface. its great for watching game film and drawing up plays. its got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, its just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work! >> this weekend all eyes are on the triple crown. california chrome. yep, from this morning we ha...

Its hard not to watch it when everywhere you look, either im on there or hes on there. im dealing it pretty good, i think. >> sure. so youre the exercise rider for california chrome. explain -- we heard that the horse would not run here in new york unless it had the breathing patch on the shnoz of the horse. explain what that does because a lot of people heard about it and thought, well, thats interesting. what does it do? >> yeah. like in the humans, the ones that have the breathe rights. it op...

Three different races and three tracks over a five-week period. when they get to the track here at bellmont this is the longest of those three and that according to experts and trainers is one of the biggest reasons so many horses have failed. >> they run a mile and a quarter on saturday and have another quarter mile to run and sometimes that fuel they normally have to finish the race is used up for another quarter mile and they may not have an explosive one on the last mile and a half race. >> ...

Like sea biscuit, this 3-year-old is as far from horse racing royalty as you can get. starting with perry martin and steve coburn, two working-class guys who tapped in to their life savings scrapping together $10,000 to breed their first colt. >> it hit me hard our dream had come true. >> reporter: to get their horse into shape, they turned to art sherman. at 77, hes now the oldest trainer to ever win the derby. he came back to churchill downs for the first time since 1955, when he was a 19-year...

It was approximately 100 yards it slid us down here. >> reporter: was it just you in there? >> it was just me. as far as i know, i was from in this barn. everybody else, you know, was either already gone for the day or stayed over in a different barn, but, you know, i stayed here with the horses all the time. im an exercise rider and im also the caretaker for mark lee. >> reporter: thats the thing, if we could walk over here, you were telling me that this right here is basically where you lived....

Latest updates on this topic.