Category: Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

Saratoga Springs Will Host Belmont Stakes Amid Shifts in Horse Racing

The storied track is hosting the Triple Crown race as progress around safety and increased capital investment lift the battered sport’s prospects.
Preakness Stakes Welcomes Trainer Barred From Kentucky Derby

Controversy over doping and horse deaths has trailed the successful trainer for several years, but deep-pocketed owners have stuck by him.
Horse Racing Deaths Raise Questions About Sport’s Future

The breakdown of 12 horses in the days surrounding the celebrated race a year ago has led to existential questions about the sport and its future.
Racehorse Deaths in Saratoga Renew Old Worries and Prompt Reforms

New York racing officials, addressing a deepening concern for the industry, say they will use diagnostic technology and synthetic tracks to keep horses safe.
Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Belmont Stakes?

Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert assess the contenders for the 155th Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Secretariat’s Legend Rolls on Like, Well, a Tremendous Machine

Fifty years after Secretariat clinched the Triple Crown with a runaway win in the Belmont Stakes, fans still long to connect with his story.
Two Complicated Princes of the Sport of Kings

The excitement of thoroughbred horse racing — and many of the sport’s most vexing problems — are exemplified by the careers of the trainers Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher.
Churchill Downs to Cease Racing as It Investigates Deaths of Horses

The track, the home of the Kentucky Derby, is moving races to another location while officials look into why 12 thoroughbreds have died at Churchill Downs in recent weeks.
Churchill Downs Moves to Keep Unsound Horses Off the Track

After the deaths of a dozen thoroughbreds at the Louisville, Ky., track, officials are changing policies that may have incentivized trainers to race vulnerable horses.
Racing Regulators Hold Emergency Meeting to Investigate Horse Deaths

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority called a summit of veterinarians in response to the deaths of 12 horses at Churchill Downs.
Why Do They Euthanize Racehorses Who Break Their Legs?

Humans and other mammals can recover from a broken leg. But a similar injury can be catastrophic for thoroughbreds, as the public has seen during this Triple Crown season.
2023 Preakness Stakes: What to Watch For

Mage, the Kentucky Derby winner, will attempt to keep his feel-good Triple Crown run alive, but one familiar face will be standing in his way: Bob Baffert.