#Irish War Cry

Always Dreaming need dream no longer after the horse won the 143rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs on a soggy track. Jockey John Velazquez rode Always Dreaming during the annual event that was attended by more than 158070 people - the seventh-largest crowd in the race's 143-year history. The win for Always Dreaming marks the second…

The horses for the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Eric Donovan of the New York Racing Association. Purse: $1.5 million guaranteed Distance: One and a half miles Track record: 2:24 (Secretariat,…

The rains stopped at Pimlico Thursday morning just as Kentucky Derby winner Justify (pictured) stepped out to test the track in preparation for Saturday's Preakness. Photo courtesy of Maryland Jockey Club The sun didn't shine on My Old Kentucky Home on Derby Day this year and it's unlikely to shine on Saturday's Preakness, either. But for Derby…

OCEANPORT - His turf course. His race.Jockey Joe Bravo gave the Mike Maker-trained Bigger Picture a picture-perfect rail-skimming ride as that horse rallied from last in the field of nine with five furlongs left to win the Grade I $300000 United Nations Stakes by a head over Can't helpbelieving Saturday at Monmouth Park.For Bravo, a 13-time…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The horses for the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs. Purse: $2 million guaranteed Distance: 1¼ miles Track record: 1:59 2/5 (Secretariat, 1973) Post…

LITTLE SILVER - The photos and memorabilia, including a perfectly preserved program from Monmouth Park's inaugural season in 1946, were laid out on a table in Hope Haskell Jones' home, tracing a time line back to the post-World War II rise of thoroughbred racing in New Jersey. And her remembrances filled in the blanks on a path leading straight…

It's time once again for pricey mint juleps and off-key singing of "My Old Kentucky Home." The Kentucky Derby will be run this Saturday at Churchill Downs racetrack. Veteran Derby watchers say there does not appear to be a standout horse in this year's field, but someone must win, and many people will make money on it. Here's what we know about…

In today's cliff-hanging $1.25-million Travers Stakes at Saratoga, the most important past performances for players are not those of 2017's Triple Crown races, whose winners are the favorites this afternoon. True, the winners' work in those three races will deserve a look before putting the big money down. But, actually, for players, the two most…

However green the enormous 2017 Kentucky Derby field of twenty might seem, and it is pretty darn green, tomorrow evening the colts will still be bugled to the track through a wild crowd, muscled into their gates, and will engage in a blistering horse race. Somebody, be it an odds favorite like Classic Empire or McCraken, or a lovable long shot like…

This year's Arkansas Derby features a wide-open field... at least that's what many people think. More than half the field is getting 10-1 odds or better and trainers Bob Baffert, Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher all have skin in the game. And there's a ton at stake. Six horses have won the Arkansas Derby and then won the Kentucky Derby, including…

OCEANPORT - Jorge Navarro's weekend got off to a pretty good start when El Deal romped to an eight length victory in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes at Saratoga on Saturday. On Sunday, Navarro, well on his way to a fifth straight trainer's title at Monmouth Park, sent Sharp Azteca out as a heavy favorite in the Grade 3 $100000 Monmouth Cup…

Twenty horses and jockeys will compete in the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby May 6, 2017, at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Without a standout favorite, the first leg of racing's Triple Crown appears wide open. This year's winnings for "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" total $2 million. When: Saturday, May 6 Post Time: 6:34 p.m.…

The 2018 Belmont Stakes runs Saturday at 6:37 p.m. ET from Belmont Park. Justify is a monster favorite at 1-1 as he looks to become just the 13th Triple Crown winner ever and the first since American Pharoah in 2015. Hofburg is the second-biggest Belmont Stakes favorite at 9-2, followed by Bravazo at 5-1. Weather concerns have subsided, as the…