Two horses suffered fatal injuries this weekend at Los Alamitos Race Course, state horse racing officials confirmed Sunday. Both deaths occurred on Friday. Radio Tim, a 3-year-old gelding, was injured during Friday’s first race, “necessitating euthanasia,” Mike Marten, public information officer for the California Horse Racing Board, told City News Service. And Street Machine, a 5-year-old gelding, was injured...

Trainer Mick Ruis sued the California Horse Racing Board on Monday, alleging it intentionally failed to discharge its public duty when the board hid and subsequently dismissed Justify’s positive drug test in the 2018 Santa Anita Derby. Ruis trained and owned Bolt d’Oro, who finished second in the race, the West Coast’s major prep for the Kentucky Derby. Santa...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today made a series of recommendations aimed at improving safety at California race tracks, but concluded there was no criminal wrongdoing connected to the deaths of dozens of horses over the past year at Santa Anita Park.

Two horses died after the first race at Los Alamitos Race Course Saturday, adding to the death toll in a year that has seen increased scrutiny of the sport in Southern California.

Jockey John Velazquez set a record with his 660th career graded stakes victory in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, and added his 661st three races later.

Santa Anita Park will begin its 23-day autumn racing meet Friday under intense scrutiny prompted by the deaths of 31 horses at the track since late December.

The autumn racing season began under intense scrutiny after 31 horses have died at Santa Anita Park since late December. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA at 6 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

Justify won the Preakness Stakes and is now just one win away from becoming the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown.

If one local animal commissioner has his way, Los Angeles will soon become the first major city in the country to ban all activities related to horse racing.

Despite concerns over a spate of horse deaths at the track during its recently concluded meet, the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will still be held at Santa Anita racetrack this November, organizers announced Thursday.

Days after Santa Anita concluded a racing meet marred by the deaths of 30 horses, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday giving the California Horse Racing Board authority to suspend racing at a track to protect horses or riders.

Santa Anita Park will conclude its winter meet Sunday amid a protest calling for an end to horse racing because of the deaths of 30 horses at the track during the past six months.

The horse was trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, a horse racing Hall of Famer who was banned from Santa Anita later Saturday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday called for the California Horse Racing Board “to ensure that no horse races until they are examined by independent veterinarians and found fit to compete.”

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has joined the California Horse Racing Board in calling for Santa Anita to immediately suspend the remainder of its meet after the deaths of two more horses last weekend.

The 151st running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, is Saturday and you can watch the action live on NBC4. Coverage on Saturday begins at 1 p.m., and you can watch it all live at home or on the go via NBC Live.

It’s the official cocktail of the Triple Crown’s “middle jewel.”

For the past five years, Luis Grandison was the only full-time Spanish language horse race narrator in the U.S.

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby kicks off this year’s Triple Crown of horse racing Saturday, May 4, on NBC. NBC’s coverage on Saturday begins at 11:30 a.m. PT and the race is set to start at 3:50 p.m. PT. You can watch it all live at home or on the go via NBC Live.

When Animal Kingdom romped to victory in the 2011 Kentucky Derby, he did so at odds of 21-1. Anyone who bet on the horse when the initial morning line was set did so when Animal Kingdom was 30-1. Except they didn’t get those odds. That’s just horse racing, and some say that needs to change because the industry — which...