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Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer Gary Jones, who operated a split stable between Santa Anita and Hollywood Park for several years, has died at the age of 76, it was announced Monday.

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Art Collector looks like the biggest threat to Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness

Bob Baffert is aiming to win a record-breaking eighth Preakness Stakes with Authentic or Thousand Words

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Kentucky Derby winner Authentic is the morning line favorite for the Preakness

Authentic upset Belmont Stakes Winner Tiz the Law to win the 146th Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was postponed from May due to the coronavirus pandemic.

From the first-place finisher being disqualified in last year’s Kentucky Derby to doping, and from lawsuits to a pandemic, it’s been a chaotic year in horse racing

A 4-year-old gelding died Monday during training at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, the second horse lost during the 81st summer meet.

Peek It Up, a 3-year-old quarter horse filly, has died after suffering an injury in Saturday’s eighth race at Los Alamitos, becoming the 23rd horse to die in a racing or training injury at the Cypress track this year.

The Kentucky Derby will run without fans for the first time

State regulators will hold a special meeting Monday to consider pulling the license of Los Alamitos Race Course after a rash of racehorse deaths this year at the Orange County facility. The track was placed on probation by the California Horse Racing Board on July 10 and given 10 days to produce a plan to address the deaths or face…

Two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 15 days by Oaklawn Park stewards after two of his horses tested positive in Arkansas for a banned substance

Racing is set to resume Thursday at Santa Anita Park, but there won’t be any races on the track’s hillside turf course, on which a horse suffered a fatal injury Sunday and became the 23rd equine death at the facility since late December.

Two undefeated horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have come back positive in split-sample testing for a banned substance in Arkansas. Baffert confirmed to The Associated Press via text message Monday that he had been informed of the positives for lidocaine involving Charlatan and Gamine in the second round of testing, which he had sought…

This Is Us, a 3-year-old gelding, has been euthanized after suffering an unspecified injury while racing at Los Alamitos Race Course, officials confirmed Saturday. He “bobbled” at the start of Friday night’s fifth race and was vanned off, according to the official racing chart. Video of the race shows the horse throwing jockey Jairo Rangel after finishing fourth. His...

A 3-year-old filly was fatally injured during a race at Los Alamitos Race Course Saturday night, making her the second racehorse to die at the track this weekend, officials said Sunday . Nana Shila was “fatally injured (not euthanized) Saturday night while racing in the first race at Los Alamitos,” Mike Marten, public information officer for the California Horse Racing…

Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000

The coronavirus-interrupted and rain-delayed 83rd Winter Meet at Santa Anita Park concluded Sunday with a 12-race card, which like all racing dates at the Arcadia track since March 12 was held without fans present. The track was closed to the public and all but essential personnel on March 12, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but racing continued. Racing…