#American Thoroughbred

It's been five weeks since the Kentucky Derby and three weeks since the Preakness States. We all know what that means. It's time for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown: the Belmont Stakes. Rich Strike dominated this year's Kentucky Derby, while Early Voting clinched the Preakness Stakes. "The Third Jewel of the Triple Crown" will be held…

Visitors to Ascot Racecourse will be fighting to find a spot in the shade as the world's most prestigious horse racing event gets underway today. Sweltering temperatures are expected to top 30°C on Tuesday, June 20 as week begins. The Queen, along with other members of the Royal Family, is due to arrive into the Parade Ring at 2pm, with the first…

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Whatever happens Saturday will simply be resume-padding for Knicks Go. His retirement home has been picked out, his stud fee has been set and he's in the relatively small club of thoroughbreds with multiple Breeders' Cup race victories including last year's Classic. There's not much left to prove. "I would think that he's…

Patrick Gilligan, a former Newmarket racehorse trainer who moved to Kentucky five years ago, reflects on the state of American racing as he sees it. Gilligan (left), who was a'small-time' trainer in the UK for 15 years, moved to the U.S. so his son could pursue his goal of becoming a jockey. He wrote a book - Around Kentucky with the Bug - about…

The Pegasus World Cup was created in 2017 and is held annually in January at Gulfstream Park. It is a Grade I event run on dirt at a distance of one mile and one furlong and is available to horses four years old and up. The Pegasus World Cup was created in 2017 and is held annually in January at Gulfstream Park. It is a Grade I event run on dirt at…

The four-year-old son of Tapit, unbeaten in five starts after winning his races by a staggering combined margin of 62 and ¾ lengths, has been impressing US and worldwide handicappers alike, with Timeform's rating of 143 the highest awarded to an American dirt horse since they started recording those figures in 1993. Currently a 1/3 chance with Sky…

It's been five weeks since the Kentucky Derby and three weeks since the Preakness States. We all know what that means. It's time for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown: the Belmont Stakes. Rich Strike dominated this year's Kentucky Derby, while Early Voting clinched the Preakness Stakes. "The Third Jewel of the Triple Crown" will be held…

The horse racing world closes out a thrilling year with the 39th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, with coverage exclusively across NBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and Peacock. The Breeders' Cup is horse racing's last hurrah of the year. Horses from around the globe will compete in 14 races over two days, with the…

The horse racing world closes out a thrilling year with the 39th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, with coverage exclusively across NBC, USA Network, NBCSports.com and Peacock. The Breeders' Cup is horse racing's last hurrah of the year. Horses from around the globe will compete in 14 races over two days, with the…

Despite being one of the oldest sports in human history - with some estimating the roots of the sport go back to at least 4500 BCE - horse racing is still big business today. In fact, in the US alone, the horse racing industry is estimated to have around $3.68bn in direct economic impact in 2022. Horse racing events are also still very much big…

Australian online bookmaker PointsBet has announced that its subsidiary, Premier Turf Club (BetPTC) has signed a deal with 1/ST Technology, a division of The Stronach Group, a North American thoroughbred horse racing company. ADW product expected to launch in early 2023 The deal will see the company launch a fully integrated Advance-deposit…

With undefeated phenom Flightline (Tapit) and sophomore star Epicenter (Not This Time) headlining a respectably deep GI Breeders' Cup Classic, one oft-repeated quip is that 2022 is turning out to be "a tough year to have a good horse" aiming for a divisional championship. Yet a few rungs farther down the class ladder-more than a few, in truth-a…

By HRI Foreign Staff - The Breeders' Cup horse racing is nearly here. It will take place at the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, on November 4 and 5. It was agreed to bring the Breeders' Cup back to Lexington two years later, with limited entry, after it was closed to fans in 2020. If you took a break from the action during the…

The beginning of the official Road to the Kentucky Derby begins on September 17 at Churchill Downs and is the first leg of the 34 races that mark the United States portion of this illustrious journey, which is the 148th consecutive year that thoroughbred racing meet to crown and Kentucky Derby winner on May 7, 2023. The "Road to the Kentucky…