Bob Ehalt has been an avid fan of Thoroughbred racing since that day in June of 1971 when he and his father walked from their Queens Village, N.Y., home to Belmont Park to see Canonero II fall short ...

The third jewel in horse racing’s Triple Crown is set for Saturday, June 7, wrapping up an exciting five weeks when the sport takes center stage in American culture. Saratoga Springs, N.Y., plays host ...

The culmination of horse racing’s Triple Crown will have a unique feel once again in 2025, as the 157th Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets is set to run at Saratoga Race Course on June 7.

Origin Story Gov. Oden Bowie had such a good time at an 1868 dinner party given by Milton Sanford that he decided to commemorate the occasion with the promise to build a racetrack for a stakes named ...

More recently, on May 9, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore greenlit demolition plans and the training center deal. “Today we take another step toward a new, reimagined Pimlico,” Moore said. “Together, we will ...

Yet for the connections of WinStar Farm, CHC Inc., Pantofel Stable, and Wachtel Stable’s River Thames, it wasn’t a thorny choice to keep him in his stall on the first Saturday in May and point to the ...

Preakness Notes: River Thames breezed a half-mile in company at Belmont Park Saturday morning in preparation for a Preakness start. The son of Maclean’s Music, who is trained by Hall of Famer Todd ...

In the 150th and final edition of the Preakness May 17 before the “old” structure is torn down next month, Journalism authored a performance that will rank right up there with the most memorable ever ...

The $2 million, Grade 1 Preakness held at 1 3/16 miles on dirt stands as the second leg of U.S. horse racing’s Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, following the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve ...

Irad Ortiz Jr. Age: 32 Originally from: Puerto Rico Previous rides in the Preakness Stakes: 6 Best finish: 2 nd in 2021 (Midnight Bourbon) and 2023 (Blazing Sevens) 2025 Preakness horse: River Thames ...

“Bloody hell,” Osborne said of learning that bit of notoriety. As surprising as that nugget might have been to him, Osborne pointed out that the colt has ties to the United States. Conceived in ...

With Sovereignty training for the June 7 Belmont at Saratoga Race Course, the ball is now in the court of Journalism’s trainer, Michael McCarthy.He will monitor his colt and decide if the Curlin colt ...