At Churchill Downs, the site of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, two horses were euthanized after injuries and two died while training. The track called the deaths “unusual” and “unacceptable.”
Category: Horse Racing
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After the Kentucky Derby, Racehorses Fetch Top Dollar in Breeding Sheds
Enjoy today’s top racehorses while you can. It won’t be long before they quit racing and go where the real money is.
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The Grand National Is the Most Unpredictable Horse Race in the World
Many gamblers try to pick the winner of Britain’s most popular race, the Grand National. Few succeed.
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Even in Exile, Bob Baffert Is the King of the Sport of Kings
Baffert was barred from Triple Crown races after Medina Spirit tested positive for a prohibited drug at the 2021 Kentucky Derby. But owners keep sending him expensive horses — and he keeps winning.
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Rich Strike Is Resting, but He’s Not Done Racing
An 80-1 shot who won this year’s Kentucky Derby, Rich Strike is preparing to race as a 4-year-old. “He is twice the horse that he was in May,” his trainer said.
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Farewell to the Horse Who May Have Been America’s Oldest Thoroughbred
Rush may have been the longest-lived thoroughbred in American history when he died at 39. For three decades, his owner said, “He would fight for me and I would fight for him.”
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Flightline, Undefeated in Six Races, Romps at the Breeders’ Cup
The 4-year-old colt, never seriously challenged in six starts, won by 8 ¼ lengths. His owners must decide whether to keep racing him or retire him to the breeding barn.
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Is Flightline the Greatest Thoroughbred Since Secretariat?
The 4-year-old colt is undefeated in five races, winning by an average of more than 10 lengths. The Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday will be his first big moment in the spotlight.