Horse Racing News

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.

A doping scandal has escalated now that seven horses tested positive from the Godolphin organization.

Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino faces daunting hurdles as it joins a crowded race for the lucrative destination resort business in Massachusetts.

The 42-year-old three-times champion jockey had been hoping to return to action following a six-month suspension.

The second leg of the Triple Crown, run just down the road in Baltimore as the Preakness Stakes, goes to post Saturday at 6:20 p.m . Coverage begins on NBC at 4:30 p.m. You don't have to be in your living room or at Pimlico Race Track to catch Orb trying to repeat his performance at the Kentucky Derby.

Clydesdale's don't come any cuddlier than big Ned says owner Brydie Maro but that wasn't always the case.

Live Oak Plantation's 5-year-old homebred waited patiently near the back of the pack before moving around the far turn, splitting rivals, and finishing willingly in front by three-quarters of a length.

Close it Out started his Calder Casino & Race Course season with an impressive win Saturday as he took the lead midway in the stretch and rolled to a 4 1/2-length victory over Black Diamond Cat in the $55,000 Champali Stakes.

The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes.

Whether it's a Sunday night football game or the third Saturday in May at Pimlico, when NBC Sports floods the zone with members of its A-Team, the telecast is almost always a winner.

Two men have been charged with allegedly administering performance-enhancing drugs to the winner of last month's $40,000 Tamworth Cup.