SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – Racing opens at the storied Saratoga Race Course as congressional scrutiny about horse doping and a state takeover of the New York Racing Association loom in the background. The 144th season at the nation’s oldest … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – Kentucky Derby and Preakness runner-up Bodemeister has a fever, and trainer Bob Baffert says the colt won’t run in the Haskell Invitational in two weeks. Baffert posted on Twitter on Sunday that Bodemeister will miss the … Continue reading →

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Switch rallied in the stretch to win the $200,000 A Gleam Handicap by 13/4 lengths and earn a berth in the Breeders’ Cup, giving trainer John Sadler a sweep of the three graded stakes on Saturday’s … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – Point of Entry extended his winning streak to three on Saturday with the biggest score of his career, a 31/2 length victory over Center Divider in the $600,000 Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park. Point … Continue reading →

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – The on-call veterinarian for the Triple Crown races says that Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another did not receive any illegal or unwarranted medication during his attempt to sweep the three-race series. Dr. Larry … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – First I’ll Have Another, now Union Rags. Injuries to the left front legs of both 3-year-old colts have left thoroughbred racing without its classic winners for the rest of the year, and beyond. Belmont Stakes winner … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another was ailing well before he was retired from racing with a tendon injury the day ahead of his bid to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags has a minor ligament injury in his left front leg and will be sidelined for the rest of the year. The veterinarian treating Union Rags at Fair Hill Training Center in … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – The owner of I’ll Have Another says he sold his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to a farm in Japan for $10 million, a price that far exceeded any amount he was offered in the United … Continue reading →

Top jockey John Velazquez has been cleared to begin exercising horses next week, a month after breaking his collarbone in a spill at Churchill Downs. Velazquez says Monday that his doctor told him he was “healing very well” and has … Continue reading →