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It’s the official cocktail of the Triple Crown’s “middle jewel.”

Victor Espinoza won the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing in 2015. Find out how he stays fit and why, for jockeys, there is no offseason.

Art Collector looks like the biggest threat to Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness

Bob Baffert is aiming to win a record-breaking eighth Preakness Stakes with Authentic or Thousand Words

Not sure how to bet on a horse race? Here’s some advice for first-time bettors.

Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is the morning line favorite for the Preakness

Authentic upset Belmont Stakes Winner Tiz the Law to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was postponed from May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A warm summer day, food and drinks being served, bets being madeand horses racing around the track. After a long wait, it’s all back at Arlington International Racecourse. “Just being able to welcome our fans back – it’s going to bring an energy and enthusiasm and life to the facility we haven’t seen yet this year,” said Arlington President...

After getting approval Arlington ran nine races in front of about 200 spectators on Thursday. NBC 5’s Mike Berman reports

From the first-place finisher being disqualified in last year’s Kentucky Derby to doping, and from lawsuits to a pandemic, it’s been a chaotic year in horse racing

The Kentucky Derby will run without fans for the first time

Arlington International Racecourse resumed live horse racing Thursday, but without spectators until further notice. Arlington announced races will be held on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays only with 2 p.m. post times until September 30. Though the racetrack is not welcoming spectators for the time being, Arlington said the policy is subject to change as state officials release guidelines for further…

State regulators will hold a special meeting Monday to consider pulling the license of Los Alamitos Race Course after a rash of racehorse deaths this year at the Orange County facility. The track was placed on probation by the California Horse Racing Board on July 10 and given 10 days to produce a plan to address the deaths or face…

The coronavirus pandemic delayed the start of the 2020 season for nearly three months, but finally, next Thursday, racing will return to Arlington. NBC 5’s Mike Berman has the story.

For 23 years, Dee Poulos has trained horses at Arlington International Racecourse, but none of them have been as unique as this year. “It really is kind of mind boggling, because so many years of moving in here in the spring, and then all of a sudden we’re moving in in July, and starting our meet at the end of…

Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards after two of his horses tested positive in Arkansas for a banned substance

Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000

Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...

Mike Smith, the jockey also known as “Big Money Mike,” explains how the coronavirus pandemic has turned the horse racing world upside down and why the Belmont Stakes is so different this year.

Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners, 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs. The 1 1/4-mile race featuring computer-generated imagery was held Saturday, the same day the 146th Derby had been scheduled until it was postponed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Derby has been re-set for Sept. 5….