Horse Racing News

The stables at Equestrian Inc.'s Northwest Hillsborough horse rescue are a bit overcrowded these days, but founder Glenda Smith doesn't mind making space for the nonprofit's newest guests.

Data gathered recently from Illinois horsemen shows that the cost of putting a horse on the racetrack has increased dramatically even as money earned has dwindled.

Born on Jan. 11, 1947, in East Liverpool, Ohio Virgel was a son of Wilma Jean Mills Huff Lockhart of New Cumberland and the late Leon H. Huff.

But fans of the proposal brought to Metro Vancouver's environment and parks committee by the Langley Speedway Historical Society are revving up their own efforts: They have collected more than 1,100 letters of support for returning racing to the old, paved oval.

My biggest mistake was listening to others about how I should be treating my horse, and how to continue his training.

THE full horror of the IRA's 1982 bombing of guardsmen in London's Hyde Park lives on in the photographs of dead and dying horses partially shrouded by tarpaulins.

Maine's Gambling Control Board has ruled that the Oxford Casino won't be asked to apply for a new operator's license if a sale to the company that owns the home of the Kentucky Derby is approved.

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Group One-winning jockey Eddie Ahern has been found guilty of breaching three British Horseracing Authority rules following a corruption inquiry.

RACING legends Kauto Star and Denman will appear at this year's Barbury International Eventing and Show in July .

The Maryland Racing Commission passed a revised incentive program Tuesday meant to persuade thoroughbred breeders to operate in the state and owners of those horses to run on its tracks, but might have shattered the harmony achieved among the sports' stakeholders in recent months.

From 800 miles away, the images of Mother Nature's wrath in Oklahoma are breathtaking.

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While Nicky Henderson's exceptional gelding finished 2lb shy of the now-retired Kauto Star's 190 in the 2009-10 season, the record in the 14 years of the rankings, he is 8lb clear of his stablemate and Gold Cup winner Bobs Worth.

Tegan Weaver rinsed off her 4-year-old thoroughbred Bayley after a ride at Fieldstone Park equestrian facility in a rural corner of Mansfield on a hot Saturday afternoon.

A caller tries to talk about the Preakness Stakes but Craig doesn't want to break down a horse race.

A 77-year-old trained a horse that a 50-year-old rode to victory in the Preakness, which should give anyone worried about the graying of America something to cheer about.

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Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot, went nearly wire-to-wire to win the 138th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas the all-time lead in Triple Crown race victories with 14.

The doping scandal involving Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation has widened after seven more racehorses failed tests for anabolic steroids.