Each week, members of the national media vote on the nation's top contenders on the Triple Crown trail in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association () Top Thoroughbred Poll.Week 18 of the 2025 NTRA ...

The 151 st running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve May 3 at Churchill Downs offers not only a purse of $5 million, with $3.1 million going to the winning connections, it ...

The past few years have been filled with highlights for jockey Junior Alvarado.He partnered with the Bill Mott-trained Cody’s Wish, the 2023 Horse of the Year, in capturing back-to-back editions of ...

Recent Kentucky Derbys have certainly lived up to that reputation. The past three have seen double-digit odds horses win under Churchill Downs’ iconic Twin Spires, including the second-biggest ...

The final three major prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve worth 100 qualifying points each to the winner are on tap for Saturday in New York, Kentucky, and California, so ...

Some of the winter season’s best dirt racing is coming to the Midwest with the opening of the Oaklawn Park 2024-’25 meet on Friday, Dec. 6. Racing at Oaklawn boasts big fields, good betting races for ...

Brian Hernandez Jr. Age: 38 (He turns 39 the day after the Breeders’ Cup!) Originally from: Louisiana Breeders’ Cup victories: 1 Best finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic: Won in 2012 (Fort Larned) His ...

The winner of the Kentucky Derby each year becomes the only horse eligible to win the prestigious Triple Crown, a three-race series for 3-year-olds that also includes the Preakness Stakes and Belmont ...

With Breeders’ Cup celebrating the 40th edition of its World Championships this year, BloodHorse thought it would be a good time to consider the event’s 40 greatest horses to date.

The $1 million King’s Plate is the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown as well as that country’s oldest Thoroughbred horse race. Founded in 1860, the King’s Plate is the oldest continuously run ...

John Velazquez. Age: 50 Originally from: Puerto Rico Breeders’ Cup victories: 18 Best finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic: Won in 2020 (Authentic) His 2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic horse: Happy Saver A ...

Dylan Davis. Age: 27 Originally from: New York Previous rides in the Belmont: 0 Best finish: N/A His 2022 Belmont horse: Golden Glider For a New York-native who has ridden almost exclusively in the ...