Three stakes races have been upgraded to Grade 1 status and six races were downgraded from Grade 1 to Grade 2 as a result of the annual review conducted by the American Graded Stakes Committee, the organization announced Friday.
Rick Hammerle is being replaced as the racing secretary at Santa Anita Park, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation reported Friday.
In 2013, Colonial Downs, Virginia's only Thoroughbred track, went out with a whimper. In 2019, the track plans to come back with a bang.
The New York Racing Association has reached a deal with Fox Sports that will put nearly every card at NYRA’s Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course on the company’s television networks for at least the next two years, the two companies announced on Thursday.
Prominent horse owner Kosta Hronis and top radio personality Jim Rome are the newest members of Del Mar's board of directors, the track announced on Thursday.
Chuck Scaravilli, a man who wore many hats in racing over the decades, died at age 90 in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 17.
The Breeders' Cup cards boosted total betting during the Churchill Downs fall meet, but even without those two cards, average daily handle rose almost 10 percent from last year's meet.
Michael Blowen, the founder of Throughbred retirement farm Old Friends, has been named the winner of the John W. Galbreath award in recognition of outstanding entrepreneurship in the equine industry.
Bob McNair, a prominent breeder and owner who founded Stonerside Stable and the NFL's Houston Texans, died Friday, according to an announcement from his National Football League franchise. He was 81.
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens on Tuesday said he is retiring from riding after doctors informed him he has a spinal injury that could lead to a far more serious issue if he were to fall.
