West Saratoga scored an upset in the one-mile Grade 1 $300,000 Iroquois Stakes on Sept. 16 at Churchill Downs.

The Sept. 2 Flower Bowl Stakes at Saratoga Race Course will go in the books as a 1 3/8-mile turf race, but those who watched it, or examined the race’s fractions, know it was more like a three...

Both Echo Zulu and Bolshoi Ballet turned in impressive performances that secured paid berths in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on a Travers Stakes undercard that was marred by the loss...

The first telephone call Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse regularly receives each Christmas morning comes from jockey and longtime friend Patrick Husbands, sometimes at an hour earlier than he would...

It is not uncommon for jockeys to hit the road from their customary circuit for the opportunity to ride a top prospect. Other times riders will hop on a flight for a coveted mount, most often for a...

Sports broadcaster Curt Menefee made some friendly discussion June 6, though not with his usual co-hosts on National Football League programs, but with horse trainers. He and other Fox Sports...

Rich Strike, the 2022 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner, will join the stable of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott when the colt returns from a short break from racing, according to...

Mage, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve winner, headlines the potential starters in the May 20 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course 48 hours after the colt won the 149th run for...

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his final Derby Dozen Presented by Spendthrift, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 6.

Eighteen years after winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Giacomo, veteran trainer John Shirreffs is back with a 3-year-old with similarities to the 50-1 Derby upsetter.

After watching two of his horses draw the disadvantageous inside post in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve the past two years, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher expressed a measure...

When trainer Keith Desormeaux arrived at Churchill Downs in 2016 to prepare Exaggerator, his first starter in the Kentucky Derby, he admits he was on edge around his barn, unaccustomed to a stable...