Kentucky Derby News

If the Retail world sees the end of the year as the Triple Crown, Halloween would be the Kentucky Derby.

ARCADIA, CALIF.: The number of thoroughbreds in California who had fatal breakdowns has fallen by 40 percent since the state switched from dirt to synthetic surfaces, according to a study compiled by state regulators.

The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper.

Comment about "Zenyatta stuns males in Breeders' Cup Classic" Phone Name Comment 0 Horse racing Zenyatta stuns males in Breeders' Cup Classic Jockey Mike Smith points to Zenyatta after winning the Breeders' Cup Classic.

College football has very little in common with the Breeders' Cup, but the Texas Longhorns are well aware of their standing with three games remaining in the regular season.

The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper.

It's a week before the Breeders' Cup World Championships and Mike Smith sits in a quiet corner of the Santa Anita jockeys' room, searching for words to describe Zenyatta's special qualities.

Goldikova swept to victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile for the second straight year Saturday to take her place among racing's greats.

Vale Of York struck a blow for the Godolphin camp in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita.

Zenyatta had a quiet Friday morning at Santa Anita, one day before she puts her 13-race unbeaten streak on the line against the boys in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard will try to hold back time when he sends out Cloudy's Knight in the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon on Friday at Santa Anita.

Careless Jewel is put through her paces on Tuesday at Santa Anita racetrack. Photograph by: Jacob De Golish, Getty Images, Edmonton Journal Everyone who has bought a yearling race horse dreams big.

Chip Woolley has enjoyed his time at Santa Anita since arriving here in late September with Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.

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Globe-trotting golf legend Gary Player has the horse racing bug. "It's a disease with me," he said Thursday at Santa Anita, where he visited a number of horses running this weekend in the Breeders' Cup.

The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky., has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with Churchill Downs to be named the official host hotel of the track, the Kentucky Derby , and the Kentucky Oaks , it was announced in an Oct.

Few things have gone right for Square Eddie since last year's Breeders' Cup. Now 3-years-old, Square Eddie looks to make a comeback Saturday in the $1 million BC Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moss' Zenyatta , undefeated in 13 career starts, was installed as the 5-2 favorite when she takes on males for the first time in the Nov.

Recovering from a flash flood on August 4th , the Kentucky Derby Museum is undergoing a $5.5 million renovation.

A couple of birds look to close stellar years in this weekend's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic -- Mine That Bird, who is winless since his big Kentucky Derby upset, and Summer Bird, the first horse since 1989 to sweep the Belmont, Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup.