Everyone always wants to know about the greatest racehorses. Who ran the fastest, the hardest? What was it like to be there and watch them succeed? 

Average height of a racehorse: 16.1 hands at withers (1 hand = 4 inches)...

The recently completed Triple Crown season ended with Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve and Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets champ Golden Tempo establishing himself as a rising star...

The Thoroughbred is a breed of horse whose ancestry traces back more than 300 years to three foundation stallions – the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerly Turk....

To those who own and ride them, off-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) are known for being athletic, intelligent horses with the heart and versatility to succeed in almost any second career....

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is the biggest event in global horse racing: if the Triple Crown is the equine equivalent of the Super Bowl, then the Breeders’ Cup is like the equine Olympic...

For the most part, the great American-based fillies and mares of the last few decades were stars who beat the boys in Triple Crown races or major Grade 1 stakes on dirt....

On average, the Thoroughbred stands a little over 16 hands (1 hand = 4 inches) to the withers and weighs approximately 1,000 pounds. The Thoroughbred’s conformation, or physical makeup, enables it...

Television and streaming coverage of Thoroughbred racing widens to an international scope this week as NBC Sports will be on-site at the prestigious Royal Ascot meet in England for each of its five...

For the past 75-plus years, the Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup have been proving grounds for a long list of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest champions....