Here’s a question to ponder: Suppose that you’re an up-and-coming young jockey, not yet 25 years old and less than a decade into your career. Out of the blue, you’re called upon to ride arguably...

The AGS Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes has been a fixture at Kentucky Downs since before the turn of the century, a 1 ½-mile grass race that now boosts a seven-figure purse and regularly...

After two weeks of excitement highlighted by the Pacific Classic Stakes Aug. 22 and the DraftKings Travers Stakes Aug. 29, another huge weekend in horse racing is on tap spanning Saturday, Sept. 5...

French apprentice jockey Roxane Liegeois has never been afraid to travel across the world for an opportunity....

The brief Kentucky Downs all-turf meet is underway, and the fourth card of seven total for 2026 stands as the high point with five graded stakes scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5. Two of the stakes...

Before the grandstand fills and long before the day’s first race, there is a quieter rhythm on the backside. Horses move through the morning. Workers tend to the routines that keep a racetrack...

Any rivalry needs something more than great competition to make it legendary....

America’s Best Racing editor Patrick Reed presents key takeaways from the DraftKings Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and results from several other notable races across the country on...

It seems like every time there is a Grade 1 race for 3-year-olds this summer, a new face emerges.