#Quarter Horse

PARIS, Kentucky (InvestigateTV/Gray News) - Long before a string of catastrophic horse deaths at a racetrack in California made headlines and a federal indictment of more than two dozen horseracing insiders rocked the sport, the owner of one of the most famed thoroughbreds was advocating for change. In 1982, Penny Chenery, the owner of Triple Crown…

By HRI Foreign Staff - Horses are beautiful creatures - everybody here knows that. They excel at so many different sports and one of them is racing. With their speed, strength and endurance, there are few animals that can compete with them, but did you know just how many different types of racing there are? Across the world you'll find dozens!…

The excitement is building for opening day for the 2023 Quarter Horse live racing season at Louisiana Downs. Seven races are carded for Thursday, January 5, the first of 46 days to showcase the explosive speed of "America's Fastest Athletes." In addition to the horses, there is an emerging talent to watch this season: jockey Arturo Alvarez. The…

There is one important face you won't see in the winner's circle photographs from this year's Kentucky Derby. Perhaps one of the most vital parts of the team, Rich Strike's regular exercise rider Gabriel Lagunes watched the race from the clocker's tower on the Churchill Downs backstretch. "I cried after he won," Lagunes said. "Before the race,…

To say that horse ranches, farms, and events are big in Florida is an understatement of epic proportions. Nearly 30 percent of all farms in Florida are horse farms, and every single county encompasses a horse farm. What's more, Ocala/Marion County, dubbed the "Horse Capital of the World," boasts more horses than any other county in the entire…

Below is a list of the top five racing stories, quotes and a timeline prepared by the race marketing department at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The 123-day racing season was conducted from Tuesday, April 19 through Wednesday, Nov. 23. For the seventh straight year, the Indiana Derby program raised the bar in handle. Actuator and James Graham were…

The Wednesday card from Turf Paradis e features the several stakes including the Arizona Juvenile Fillies and the Lost in the Fog Juvenile. The Arizona track will run 1 quarter horse stakes before the thoroughbred portion of the card. Post: 11:25 AM MT; $15k Dashing All The Way S. going 100 yards on dirt; Entries: 12 #10 HOT GIRL SUMMER B (8-1)…

Baaeed completed his preparation for his bid to go out undefeated at Ascot - just as his predecessor Frankel did ten years ago - with one easy canter behind his lead horse on Warren Hill on Friday morning. His rider and groom Ricky Hall reported the four-year-old to be "really good" on walking back to the yard where three or four photographers…

There's a reason we're the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the $300000-guaranteed Starlet - the final Grade I of 2022 for 2-year-old fillies - for a sixth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos. The race at 1 1/16 miles is being offered locally for the ninth…

Sodashi, a rare white Thoroughbred shown winning the Artemis Stakes earlier in the season, is among the favorites for Sunday's Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. Photo courtesy of Japan Racing Association Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Weekend horse racing takes an international turn as Sunday's Longines Hong Kong International Races could see the final runs by…

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Tim Yakteen has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first time with two top contenders that used to be trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. Watch the Kentucky Derby LIVE Saturday on TSN3 and TSN Direct with coverage starting at 12:30pm ET/9:30am…

Fair Grounds opens its racing season Friday, while Tampa Bay Downs will follow suit the following week. Those may not sound like the first signs of winter to many, but they are for horseplayers. And a reduction in takeout at Fair Grounds for the 80-day meeting in New Orleans will be music to bettors' ears. The pick 5 takeout has been reduced to…

Siskin: won last season's Phoenix stakes and will once again do battle against Monarch of Egypt (green) and Royal Lytham (blue and orange) He may be yet to taste defeat from four starts as a juvenile, but question marks hover over market leader Siskin as he tackles a mile for the first time. So far, the Ger Lyons-trained colt has done all of his…

GOSHEN COUNTY - Casper-based Worldwide Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solutions (WERCS) CEO Kyle A. Ridgeway and Gillette-based 307 Horse Racing CEO/President Jack Greer gave a presentation to commissioners about a business opportunity they are seeking, which would help fund the county per Wyoming regulatory laws. Much discussion occurred…

Auguste Rodin was an impressive winner of the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown. The Deep Impact colt was the 11-10 favourite for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien, travelling behind the leading pair in the early stages of the one-mile Group Two contest. Having inched into the race he took up the lead at the furlong marker, holding off all…

The first Saturday in May arrives this weekend and the racing world turns its eyes toward … Hot Springs! These are strange days, indeed. Oaklawn Park will offer two $500000 divisions of the Arkansas Derby (G1) in place of the traditional Run for the Roses. As most fans know, the Kentucky Derby (G1) has been rescheduled for Sept. 5. On the…

Strap in for a huge day of racing from Kentucky as nine Grade 1 races are on offer across the dirt and turf. First a quick list of our selections, plus the reasons behind our highlighted picks further down the page. You can check out the race cards, results and live odds in Planet Sport's Racing Live Centre.

If there's one race that the Europeans can hang their hat on it's usually the Turf. Since the turn of the century, the race has gone for export 17 times and seven of the last ten winners were based in Europe. That trend is set to continue this year, according to the market. Charlie Appleby won his first Turf last season with Yibir and the Godolphin…

Jeffrey Schweers, Capital Bureau USA TODAY NETWORK - FLORIDA One hundred years after it was first legalized in Florida, could horse racing be going the way of greyhound racing: Out of business? Lawmakers return to Tallahassee Monday for a special session to consider a new gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe, giving it exclusive rights to run…

ARCADIA, Calif. - Tim Yakteen has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first time with two top contenders that used to be trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert has been to the Kentucky Derby with good horses before. Now the trainer is at Churchill Downs in charge for the first…

The New Mexico Racing Commission has issued a 30-day suspension and $2500 fine to jockey Hector Aldrete for his ride aboard Quarter Horse Starlite Eagle in the fifth race at the Downs at Albuquerque on Sept. 18, 2022. The 870-yard race, held around the bend, was for Quarter Horses, 3-years-old and up. Starlite Eagle went off as the third choice in…

Trainer Tim Martin's plan for Tuesday was to load up a van with five of his horses and make the 10-hour drive from Prairie Meadows to Keeneland. It's a drive he made on Sunday, too, with another five horses. But Tuesday's van carried a horse unlike any that Martin has trained in his 30-plus years of training: a Breeders' Cup contender. That would…

Before we had basketball, football, cars, tennis, and other sports, we had horse racing. Horse racing is one of the oldest sports in human history and it remains that way until today. Today, people still race horses and it is still fun to bet on the outcome. If you are used to betting on more mainstream sports like football and boxing, betting on…

The early months of 2020 marked the beginning of a number of things; the beginning of a decade, the rise of a deadly, little-known disease named Coronavirus, the dramatic transformation of the lives of millions around the globe. One thing remained the same, though. Every year, starting in January, thousands of Thoroughbred racehorses enter the…

Doping, Electroshock Devices, Death Likely at Unsanctioned Memphis Horse Race; PETA Urges Sheriff to Investigate David Perle 202-483-7382 Memphis, Tenn. - Shelby County's sheriff has been told to look out for illegal gambling as well as horses being injected with methamphetamines and cocaine, electroshocked, or subjected to other acts of cruelty…

The son of Mastercraftsman looked a force when scooting to a five-length success in the racingtv.com Handicap over a mile and three-quarters, and appears to be quickly rising up the ranks. Though a general 33/1 chance for the final British Classic of the season on September 10, Botti will adhere to the wishes of the colt's owners, Scuderia La Tesa…

Horse racing is a popular sport in India, with nine main racecourses and seven turf clubs. Events were first held over 200 years ago, the first being in Madras in 1777. Famous horses like Squanderer and Elusive Pimpernel have helped to capture the public's imagination and build interest in the sport. Betting on these horses is a popular feature at…