When Angel Cordero Jr. started his riding career in New York in the early 1960’s, he was anything but an overnight success. Despite showing promise in his native Puerto Rico, he attracted only an ...

If you are a racing fan and not already looking forward to the Saratoga meet, it might be time to check your pulse because Saratoga Springs, N.Y., is the summer place to be for handicappers. The ...

“Until you go to the Kentucky Derby with your own eyes, behold the Derby, you ain’t never been nowhere and you ain’t never seen nothing.”—Irving S. Cobb It was a Monday, the start of a new week, but ...

When it comes to the future, Jodie Vella-Gregory understands the assignment. “If we’re not focusing on the next generation, then we’re not focusing on the industry,” said Vella-Gregory, vice president ...

The city of Lexington, Ky., has long been considered the center of Thoroughbred breeding in the United States. Ironically, a racehorse named Lexington was equally pivotal in developing the modern ...

A son of a butcher turned business magnate, Joseph E. Widener was a visionary architect of modern American racing, known for transforming Hialeah Park into a world-class destination and leading ...

In 1902, a syndicate headed by August Belmont II and former Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney sought land on Long Island to build the most elaborate track in America, one modeled after the ...

Jockey Mitchell Murrill began his career in 2014 at Delta Downs in Louisiana and over the next half-dozen years built a reputation as a hard-working and improving rider, first at Arlington Park, and ...

Located in New Kent County, Colonial Downs is Virginia's only pari-mutuel Thoroughbred racetrack. Over 80 percent of the Summer Thoroughbred races are held over the Secretariat Turf Course, which at ...

Todd Pletcher was groomed for the success he has found since opening his own stable with seven horses in 1995. The son of trainer Jake Pletcher, he graduated from the University of Arizona Race Track ...

Bill Mott started his training career early in life. Mott owned and trained his first horse, a $320 mare named My Assets, who he ran at unrecognized meets in South Dakota, winning his first race at a ...

Former MGM executive Gary Barber is the co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment and now the CEO of Spyglass Media. Spyglass Entertainment produced such motion pictures as "Seabiscuit" (nominated for ...