Horse Racing News

The Kentucky Derby has increased its purse by 67% to a record $5 million for this year's race, with $3.1 million going to the winner.

John Shear, who began as an exercise rider and later worked in the paddock where he was run over by a horse while saving a child during a 67-year career at Santa Anita, has died. He was 102.

The third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, will be run at Saratoga Race Course because of the renovation of Belmont Park.

Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery, who won the 1967 Kentucky Derby on 30-1 longshot Proud Clarion died Thursday of congestive heart failure at the age of 88.

Rich Strike, upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby, won't be on the sales block at Keeneland on Friday after owner Rick Dawson changed his plan for the 4-year-old colt.

Rich Strike, the upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby, has been retired after injuries kept him from returning to racing.

Cody Dorman, the teen with a rare genetic disorder whose namesake horse, Cody's Wish, was a Breeders' Cup race winner, died Sunday at the age of 17 after suffering what his parents called a "medical event."

The biggest day on the Australian racing calendar is finally here! Not sure who to back? Not to worry, as we take you through the best selections and some value runners in Tuesday's 10-race card at the glorious Flemington racecourse.

White Abarrio won the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic by a length on Saturday, putting trainer Rick Dutrow back on top months after his 10-year exile from the sport ended.

Kris Lees's Kalapour has booked a place in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup by winning the Lexus Archer Stakes at Flemington.