When Mystik Dan rallied up the inside to impressively prevail in the May 31 Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs, exhales could be heard from Louisville, Ky., to Lexington.

Jay Hanley has spent much of the past two decades as a Thoroughbred racehorse owner helping bring new people into the sport. Now, he is turning his attention toward educating industry professionals...

Improvements in advanced imaging and increased use of this medical technology at the track is proving critical in identifying potential injury hotspots in racehorses, prompting treatment before...

When Tony Parker was inducted into the National Basketball Association’s Hall of Fame earlier this year, he opened his speech by thanking several of the great players he competed against for...

Secretariat’s transfer to the turf was a monumental success as he smashed the Belmont Park course record for 1 ½ miles when winning the Man o’ War Stakes by five lengths Oct. 8, 1973.

Secretariat’s human connections had failed him by making a last-minute decision to run in the Sept. 29 Woodward Stakes without the proper prep work, but it did not take long for the Bold Ruler colt...

After Secretariat’s stunning victory in the inaugural Marlboro Cup Sept.

It was a good thing that before the results of the summer races at Saratoga Race Course executives with the Phillip Morris tobacco company decided to put up $250,000 to sponsor a race at Belmont Park.

BloodHorse is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown season by tapping Lenny Shulman's wonderful look back at each of his 1973 races on the calendar dates of those events....

You can see with the naked eye the building of this riding career, piece by piece. The two stakes wins on Best of Ohio Day June 2 for trainer Mike Maker at Belterra Park. The first ride (and...

America didn’t wait for the 1973 Belmont Stakes to anoint Secretariat a hero.

It’s a good thing the connections of Secretariat had their confidence built up by their star’s performance in winning the Kentucky Derby, because they needed every bit of it to fend off the demons...