The Sport

Thoroughbred Racing’s Winningest Horse of 2025: Small-Track Star Sharp Warning

Thoroughbred Racing’s Winningest Horse of 2025: Small-Track Star Sharp Warning

While Sovereignty reigned over North American racing in 2025 — sweeping the Kentucky Derby...

Racing

featured Stories

Allen Jerkens illustrious career spanned more than six decades.

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Breeders’ Cup Classic, Forever Young, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Sovereignty, America's Best Racing, ABR, Horse Racing

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

2026 Smarty Jones Stakes, Oaklawn Park, Strategic Risk, Road to the Kentucky Derby

Strategic Risk Brilliant in Smarty Jones Blowout

most popular

This Week
This Month
This Year

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

An Uphill Battle for First Female Jockey Diane Crump

An Uphill Battle for First Female Jockey Diane Crump

2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Strategic Risk

2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Strategic Risk

Looking Ahead to 2026: Industry Voices on What’s Best for the Triple Crown

Looking Ahead to 2026: Industry Voices on What’s Best for the Triple Crown

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

Smarty Jones: An Unlikely Hero and Beloved Fan Favorite

Smarty Jones: An Unlikely Hero and Beloved Fan Favorite

· EN ESPAÑOL

George Woolf: The Unforgettable Iceman

George Woolf: The Unforgettable Iceman

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Richard Mandella: A Lifelong Horseman Who Crafted a Hall of Fame Career

Richard Mandella: A Lifelong Horseman Who Crafted a Hall of Fame Career

Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman

Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman

2021 Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet

2021 Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet

Preakness Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Preakness Horses

Preakness Quick Sheet: Get to Know the 2021 Preakness Horses

Get to Know All 13 U.S. Triple Crown Winners

Get to Know All 13 U.S. Triple Crown Winners

2020 Belmont Stakes Cheat Sheet

2020 Belmont Stakes Cheat Sheet

2020 Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet

2020 Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet

2021 Kentucky Derby Post Positions by the Numbers

2021 Kentucky Derby Post Positions by the Numbers

Must-Watch Videos

Who Will Be Crowned Horse of the Year at 55th Annual Eclipse Awards?

Who Will Be Crowned Horse of the Year at 55th Annual Eclipse Awards?

The 2025 horse racing season provided many unforgettable highlights from a star-studded cast of...

Share

Who Will Be Crowned Horse of the Year at 55th Annual Eclipse Awards?

Share

Celebrate the Best of Horse Racing at the 55th Annual Eclipse Awards

Celebrate the Best of Horse Racing at the 55th Annual Eclipse Awards

The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Jan. 22, 2026, at The Breakers Palm Beach, will highlight the best...

Share

Celebrate the Best of Horse Racing at the 55th Annual Eclipse Awards

Share

Relive an Unforgettable Year in Horse Racing With ABR: The Best of 2025

Relive an Unforgettable Year in Horse Racing With ABR: The Best of 2025

From the Eclipse Awards and Pegasus World Cup to the Triple Crown trail, from the Dubai World Cup...

Share

Relive an Unforgettable Year in Horse Racing With ABR: The Best of 2025

Share

For Love of the Horse With Old Friends Founder Michael Blowen

For Love of the Horse With Old Friends Founder Michael Blowen

Old Friends founder Michael Blowen talks about the opportunity to appeal to racing fans love of...

Share

For Love of the Horse With Old Friends Founder Michael Blowen

Share

A Taste of Japanese Culture and the Powerful Influence of Horse Racing

A Taste of Japanese Culture and the Powerful Influence of Horse Racing

America’s Best Racing visited Japan for the 2025 Japan Cup and had a chance to explore the...

Share

A Taste of Japanese Culture and the Powerful Influence of Horse Racing

Share

Experience the Japan Cup: A Celebration of Racing and Horses in Tokyo

Experience the Japan Cup: A Celebration of Racing and Horses in Tokyo

America’s Best Racing traveled to Japan for an unforgettable 45th edition of the Japan Cup at...

Share

Experience the Japan Cup: A Celebration of Racing and Horses in Tokyo

Share

Who Will Be Crowned Horse of the Year at 55th Annual Eclipse Awards?

Celebrate the Best of Horse Racing at the 55th Annual Eclipse Awards

Relive an Unforgettable Year in Horse Racing With ABR: The Best of 2025

For Love of the Horse With Old Friends Founder Michael Blowen

A Taste of Japanese Culture and the Powerful Influence of Horse Racing

Experience the Japan Cup: A Celebration of Racing and Horses in Tokyo

The Latest in Racing

2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Strategic Risk

2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Strategic Risk

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2,...

Racing

Looking Ahead to 2026: Industry Voices on What’s Best for the Triple Crown

Looking Ahead to 2026: Industry Voices on What’s Best for the Triple Crown

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards

Strategic Risk Brilliant in Smarty Jones Blowout

Strategic Risk Brilliant in Smarty Jones Blowout

My World Scores Another Aqueduct Win in Jerome Stakes

My World Scores Another Aqueduct Win in Jerome Stakes

Jan. 17, 2026

Lecomte S.

FanDuel TV

Jan. 31, 2026

Southwest S.

FS2

Jan. 31, 2026

Holy Bull S.

Gulfstream Park

FanDuel TV

More in Racing

related news

top earning

Forever Young (JPN)

Total Earnings 2025

$15,110,383

2025 Wins % 75

Overall Win % 77

Speed Figure 115

Hit Show

Total Earnings 2025

$7,596,255

2025 Wins % 50

Overall Win % 48

Speed Figure 113

Sovereignty

Total Earnings 2025

$5,692,020

2025 Wins % 83

Overall Win % 67

Speed Figure 113

Journalism

Total Earnings 2025

$4,190,000

2025 Wins % 50

Overall Win % 55

Speed Figure 110

View all top earners →

The Latest in Legends

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Allen Jerkens: The Chief

Allen Jerkens took out his trainer’s license as soon as he turned 21, and he only waited that long because his father forbid him to do so any sooner. He enjoyed solid success almost from the very...

Legends

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

Ranking the Top Ten Eclipse Award-Winning Apprentice Jockeys

The Fashionably Late-Running Carry Back, a True Cinderella Story

The Fashionably Late-Running Carry Back, a True Cinderella Story

The Spring of Smarty-Mania: Remembering a Magical Triple Crown Bid by Smarty Jones

The Spring of Smarty-Mania: Remembering a Magical Triple Crown Bid by Smarty Jones

Favorite Trick: Special Racehorse, Remarkable Season

Favorite Trick: Special Racehorse, Remarkable Season

Laffit Pincay Jr.: Dedicated to Greatness

Laffit Pincay Jr.: Dedicated to Greatness

Gun Runner: Qualities a Horse Needs for a Long, Successful Racing Career

Gun Runner: Qualities a Horse Needs for a Long, Successful Racing Career

Richard Mandella: A Lifelong Horseman Who Crafted a Hall of Fame Career

Richard Mandella: A Lifelong Horseman Who Crafted a Hall of Fame Career

Get to Know All 13 U.S. Triple Crown Winners

Get to Know All 13 U.S. Triple Crown Winners

More in Legends

Jan. 17, 2026

Lecomte S.

FanDuel TV

Jan. 31, 2026

Southwest S.

FS2

Jan. 31, 2026

Holy Bull S.

Gulfstream Park

FanDuel TV

newsletter sign-up

Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing!