#Maryland Racing Commission

The 49th annual Fair Hill Races steeplechase competition will be held Saturday, a nine-race program with $210000 in purses beginning at 1 p.m. in Cecil County, Maryland. Gates open at 10 a.m. General admission tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children on race day. The day features the $50000 Iris Ann Coggins Memorial, a 2¼-mile hurdle race in…

When it was revealed that jockey Mychel Sanchez had gone on a betting spree that included wagers where he bet against the horses he was riding, his attorney Alan Pincus argued that this was not a matter of race fixing. Rather, Pincus said, Sanchez had turned to gambling as an outlet to combat his depression, let things spin out of control and in…

THE KENTUCKY Derby first began in 1875 and has remained a male-dominated competition. The 148th annual Kentucky Derby kicked off at 10.30am ET on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Born on May 18, 1948, Diane Crump was the first woman to participate in the Kentucky Derby as a jockey. A native of Milford, Connecticut, Diane grew up with a passion for horses,…