Decisions, decisions: Before you head out to the track, then at the track, and finally afterwards, when it’s time to spend your well-earned money on some fine dining around Del Mar. Some choices: The Brigantine …

Kentucky Derby winner Country House won’t be running in the 52nd edition of the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Saturday, but the horse that crossed the finish line first in the Run for the Roses …

Thoroughbred racing returns to “where the turf meets the surf” on Wednesday for the 80th season at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California. A 10-race card, topped by the traditional stakes opener – …

If this seems like a Weekend Wrap of a year ago or so, it should. Sistercharlie, the 2018 Eclipse Award winner as champion older mare, returned to the races after an eight-month layoff and won …

Chad Brown is off and running at Saratoga Race Course – at least his horses are. The three-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer is back at his home track (OK, so it’s about 15 miles from his …

The $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) returns to be contested for the sixth time at the northern Orange County racetrack after spending four decades known as the Swaps Stakes at the now defunct Hollywood Park. …

Captain Crunch and Bettor’s Wish square off again as we move into the heart of the 3-year-old season in standardbred racing. Their rematch comes Saturday night in the $682,650 Meadowlands Pace. It is the encore …

Thoroughbred racing’s Summer Swing is on: it’s opening day on Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in historic Saratoga Springs, New York, and six days later the gates spring open at Del Mar – the California …

It’s the date that changed the sport of harness racing: September 1, 1976. Emerging from the swamps of Jersey was the Meadowlands Racetrack, and on that day it hosted racing for the first time. Its …

Following are the tweets the staff at US Racing think are some of the best Tweets of the Week! Did you make the list?                       …

I’m a Jersey guy. I spent my formative years on the grandstand apron of Monmouth Park with my late Uncle Dutch learning the sport of horse racing. Hearing Frank Sinatra’s Summer Wind holds a special …

There’s an old joke about a horseplayer who made it to heaven, where he was greeted at the pearly gates by St. Peter and given a tour of paradise. “Well, what do you think?” asked …

He’s stumbled. He’s been bumped. He was involved in the historic Kentucky Derby disqualification. And now the latest in the intriguing world of Code of Honor: Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez lost his whip …

Versatility is a prized asset in a racehorse. Very few runners can seamlessly shift from turf to dirt, and back again. For Catholic Boy, any surface will do just fine. That versatility makes him the …

On Monday July 1, Yonkers Raceway hosted a 12-race card. That is not news, but what did catch my eye was race 8, run for a purse of $18,500. It wasn’t because of the conditions – …