Horse Racing News

Simplification opens as the morning-line favorite for Saturday's Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.

Favorite Epicenter took a big step toward the Kentucky Derby, surging past leader Zozos and Pioneer of Medina entering the stretch and pulling away to a 2 1/2-length victory Saturday in the $1 million Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds.

Country Grammer provided Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with victory in the $12 million Dubai World Cup on Saturday.

Bob Baffert has transferred four Kentucky Derby hopefuls to other trainers while the embattled trainer appeals his 90-day suspension.

Twenty-six people were arrested in relation to a suspected doping ring in horse racing, prosecutors in France said Wednesday.

A Kentucky judge has denied Bob Baffert's request to stay his 90-day suspension but delayed it until April 4 to allow his representatives to seek emergency relief through the state's Court of Appeals.

Attorneys for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert argued in a Kentucky court Thursday that a 90-day suspension imposed by the state's racing commission would essentially end his career.

Kentucky racing officials denied trainer Bob Baffert's request to stay his suspension for a failed postrace drug test by Medina Spirit.

Bob Baffert has sued Churchill Downs and track leadership, seeking to overturn the embattled Hall of Fame trainer's two-year suspension.

Emblem Road, which entered Saturday's Saudi Cup at 99-1 odds, pulled off a stunning upset by finishing a half-length ahead of Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammer at the world's richest horse race in Riyadh.