A Belmont Park backstretch worker who died on June 6 did so as the result of a bacterial infection and not the hantavirus, according to a release issued late Saturday afternoon by the New York State Department of Health.Full Story >>
The sudden death of the wife of the perennial leading jockey at Churchill Downs has thrown the racing community here and beyond into a deep state of grief as its members struggle to come to terms with their loss.
A female backstretch worker was stabbed to death by a former boyfriend at a Belmont Park barn Sunday morning, police said. Police arrested Jose Franco-Martinez, 53, and charged him with second-degree murder. He will be arraigned Monday at First ...
Triple Crown-winning rider Mike Smith will make an appearance at Ruidoso Downs in his home state of New Mexico on July 8, the track announced Sunday morning. Smith will be meeting with the public and signing posters to raise funds for the Permanently ...
The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby and the Grade 3, $200,000 Remington Park Oaks will share a card Sept. 30 at Remington Park, the Oklahoma City track announced Saturday.
Longtime Delaware Park assistant starter Jessie Kisilewski was suspended by track management on Thursday for using excessive force in the gate prior to the start of that day’s fifth race.
Tim Capps, a longtime racing industry executive who was the director of the University of Louisville’s Equine Industry Program at the time of his death last year at the age of 71, has been posthumously named the winner of the Van Ness Award by the ...
The manner in which Florent Geroux rode Restoring Hope in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes - won by his stablemate Justify, who completed a Triple Crown sweep - was a source of frustration and ire for some horsemen involved in the race.
The overnight rating for the Belmont Stakes broadcast on NBC on Saturday peaked at an 8.1 with a 19 share, a strong number for any sports broadcast but well below the overnight figures posted for the past two Triple Crown bids in 2015 and 2014.
