“All Others” favorite in First 2019 Kentucky Derby Pool
With the Kentucky Derby still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Colts and Geldings” closed as […]
Online voting open for Secretariat Vox Populi Award
Online voting is now open for the ninth annual winner of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat’s late […]
Kentucky Derby winning jockey Gary Stevens retires
Three time Kentucky Derby winner Gary Stevens has ruled out further comebacks after an MRI showed his vertebra up against […]
2019 Kentucky Derby Future and Future Sire Book opens Thanksgiving Day
The first pool of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Thanksgiving Day and runs through 6 p.m. (EST) on […]
Baseball Legends inspire thoroughbred names
As the breed registry for North American Thoroughbreds, The Jockey Club is responsible for reviewing and approving all Thoroughbred names. […]
New Secretariat Bronze Sculpture in Lexington in 2019
Today the intersection of Old Frankfort Pike and Alexandria Drive in Lexington resounds mostly of local vehicle traffic, but in […]
Grand opening of Derby City Gaming
Churchill Downs Inc. celebrated the Sept. 14 grand opening of Derby City Gaming, a $65 million state-of-the-art historical racing machine […]
Kentucky Derby historians John Asher and Jim Bolus – gone too soon
I was saddened to hear of the passing of John Asher, the longtime spokesman for the racetrack that’s home to […]
Bob Baffert is the 2018 inductee to the Saratoga Walk of Fame
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the 2018 inductee to the Saratoga Walk of Fame: four-time Eclipse […]
New banner for Justify at Kentucky Derby Museum
The Kentucky Derby Museum raised the newest banner commemorating the Triple Crown win of Justify. The banner features the silks […]