Track veterinarian Dr. Dana Stead said in a statement that Emtech had two broken front legs and she made the decision to euthanize the colt on the track.

The New York Times says Justify won the 2018 Triple Crown after a failed postrace drug test at a California track that could have kept the horse out of the Kentucky Derby. The newspaper reported Wednesday that Bob Baffert-trained Justify tested positive for the drug scopolamine after winning the Santa Anita Derby, one of the final prep races for the...

This is a Triple Crown season that will be remembered, though probably should be forgotten. Maximum Security was the winner of the Kentucky Derby for about 20 minutes, then got taken down over a claim of foul that will be debated forever. The Preakness was probably most notable for Bodexpress throwing jockey John Velazquez to the ground as they lurched...

Trainer Todd Pletcher, always dangerous in the Belmont Stakes, sends out a pair of long shots Saturday in the final leg of the Triple Crown. The focus of attention will fall on two other horses — Tacitus, the 9-5 favorite, and War of Will, the Preakness winner and the close second choice at 2-1. Bettors who ignore Pletcher do so...

A filly collapsed and died on track at Pimlico Race Course on Friday.

The 144th Preakness Stakes is right around the corner, and though the race is one of the jewels of the Triple Crown, the glory of the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore has faded. NBC4 explains how Pimlico has lost its luster.

Kentucky Derby winner Country House won’t run in the Preakness later this month due to illness, which means there is no chance at a third Triple Crown winner in five years....
Assistant trainer Riley Mott confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Country House, the long shot winner of horse racing’s biggest event, is no longer being considered for the...

An appeal filed by the co-owner of Maximum Security, the horse that crossed the finish line first at the Kentucky Derby but was disqualified, was quickly denied Monday by the state racing commission, NBC News reported. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission said in a letter that the request was “moot” because the decision to disqualify was not subject to appeal.......

The owner of Maximum Security, the horse that was disqualified for a race infraction after winning Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, said on TODAY that he will be filing an appeal on Monday with Kentucky’s state racing commission over the decision. “I think this is something that’s big enough that the entire racing world is looking at this and I think they...

The new favorite enters the Kentucky Derby seeking his first win of 2019 and tops several contenders on modest winning streaks that could factor large in the sport’s marquee race. Game Winner is now the favorite to win Saturday after Omaha Beach was scratched. He has already won more than $1 million and seeks a bigger payday of $1.86 million...

How to make the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, the Mint Julep.

The pain of seeing Cavonnier get beat by a nose in his first Kentucky Derby nearly kept trainer Bob Baffert from returning to Churchill Downs. He figured he would never again have a horse good enough to win on the first Saturday in May.

Omaha Beach is the 4-1 early favorite for the Kentucky Derby after drawing the No. 12 post position on Tuesday. Bob Baffert-trained Game Winner is the 5-1 second choice from the No. 16 post in the 20-horse field for Saturday’s first leg of the Triple Crown. Game Winner will start inside stablemate Roadster, the 6-1 co-third choice with Improbable, another...

There’s bourbon-tasting and hot air balloons, fashion shows and fireworks, a belle and a ball, and the event that started it all, the Pegasus Parade. From the time the Kentucky Derby Festival starts in mid-April, the party doesn’t stop — not until the horses run for the roses on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby lasts only two...

Twenty of the top thoroughbreds will sprint out of the starting gates at Churchill Downs for the 144th Kentucky Derby on May 5, but one horse might not stand a chance. In the days before the “fastest two minutes in sports,” trainers and jockeys eagerly await the post position draw. Positions are assigned randomly, but a horse’s position might have...

A California congresswoman whose husband was indicted on theft and conspiracy charges in Connecticut cited an “unexpected family matter” Thursday in withdrawing as a candidate for chair of the House Democratic Caucus. U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez, now the caucus vice chair, is married to James Sullivan, one of five people indicted on theft and conspiracy charges this week in connection...

Jockey Victor Espinoza was injured Sunday after the horse he was riding on the racetrack at Del Mar went down and died instantly during morning training around 9 a.m., the horse’s owner Brian Trump said.

Triple Crown winner Justify has been taken out of training while waiting to see if swelling in his left front ankle subsides.

There’s a reason Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith is in demand when owners and trainers pick riders for the elite in thoroughbred racing.

Bob Baffert made himself right at home at Belmont Park again.