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Mystik Dan ran to victory in a tightly contested race at the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, as the 18-1 longshot edged Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a photo finish.

13 of 24 Kentucky Derbies have been won by Latino jockeys since the year 2000

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Confidence Game won the $1 million Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park by one length in an upset on Saturday and earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by James Graham, Confidence Game ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.21 on a sloppy track.

A controversial, new, crop rule has veteran jockeys staying away from Monmouth Park, where management said boycotting riders will not be welcome at all this summer. Amid all the intractable noise, horseplayers are victims.

A disagreement and a bad clock were key elements in Rombauer pulling off an 11-1 upset in the Preakness.

Toggle Sidebar Puerto Rican jockey celebrates 4th Kentucky Derby win EFE writes that Puerto Rican jockey John Velázquez won his fourth title at Churchill Downs, leading the three-year-old colt Medina Spirit to the 147th edition of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, the first Triple Crown race of the equestrian season in the United States. Here are excerpts from an article by Mark Story. For anyone who is discouraged in the pursuit of a dream, the Kentucky Derby career of jockey John Velazquez n...

Louisville, Ky. Before taking the first crack at unlocking how to make any money on this year’s Bob Baffert Invitational, a.k.a. Preakness 146, a peek behind the racing journalists’ curtain is in order. It reveals a little more than a half-day in the arc of the Triple Crown. Around 7 a.m. Thursday, I drove into the stable area at Churchill Downs. Knowing that trainer Brad Cox would be on a media conference call six hours later, I was hoping he would tell me first whether Mandaloun and Caddo...

The parallels between college basketball and the road to the Kentucky Derby offer familiar settings for gamblers. Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes is a signpost that indicates more serious prep races straight ahead.

Las Vegas First, merry Christmas. Here is hoping it bears some resemblance to a positive normal. The racing year reaches a final climax Saturday. Rather than a punctuation mark on 2020 that sounds like the loser horns on “The Price Is Right,” it actually might be a clarion call for 2021. Presuming a winter storm or the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health do not re-enact any of last season’s delays, Santa Anita will host the final significant day of North American racing before ...