NEW YORK — Curlin caught Lawyer Ron in the final strides after a riveting stretch duel between last two Arkansas Derby winners and won the $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sunday.
With multiple Grade I victories to his credit, English Channel did not have anything to prove in the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT) (
Mikel Arteta proved just how crucial he is to the Everton cause by returning to inspire victory over Middlesbrough.
The three-day Goffs Million Sale opens Oct. 1 at Kildare Paddocks, Kill, Ireland, with a strong line-up of 609 yearlings cataloged. The inaugural sale in 2005 produced last season’s European ...
El Prado out of the Bailjumper mare Cappucino Bay finished second among first-crop sires by average at the Keeneland September select yearling sessions, his four yearlings averaging $296,250. "...
Fly-half Lionel Beauxis steered France to a comprehensive bonus-point win over Georgia in their final Pool D match to book the World Cup hosts a place in the quarter-finals.
Commercial Bank of Kuwait and Pearl of Kuwait Real Estate have reached a deal to sell their stakes in Manama-based Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, a newspaper said on Sunday. The stakes would be sold to a...
FLORENCE, Ky. -- Hard Spun has earned more admiration than victories this year, flashing his speed and spirit throughout the most challenging path of any 3-year-old colt racing this year.
Today's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup marks the first time this season that a serious 3-year-old has taken on serious older horses. Preakness winner Curlin goes up against favored Lawyer Ron and the d...
The victory came 10 days after Biacone completed a 15-day medication suspension stemming from a May violation. L'Aziza, trained by Biancone, was found with caffeine and theophylline in her system afte...
Racing for the first time in 2 months, Tiago and Awesome Gem hooked up for a thrilling stretch duel that ended with jockey Mike Smith winning his second Grade I race of the day by a nose.
FLORENCE, Ky. -- Texas Fever has only run on Polytrack, but a win in Turfway Park's Kentucky Cup Juvenile might have been enough to get trainer Michael Stidham to try Monmouth Park's dirt for the Oct....
Indiana has become the first state to adopt model rules for regulating use of anabolic steroids in racehorses, but horsemen and others believe the move could be premature. The Indiana Horse Racing Co...
Paula Radcliffe finished second at the BUPA Great North Run - her first race for nearly two years.
Wales have parted company with head coach Gareth Jenkins after his side were knocked out of the World Cup by Fiji yesterday.
Double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie has broken the world marathon record at the 34th Berlin Marathon.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton feels he is on course to emulating Formula One legends Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost by closing in on the world title with McLaren.
Lewis Hamilton is a win away from rewriting Formula One's record book after moving 12 points clear of McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso in the race for the world title.
City Leader took the lead with two furlongs left and resolutely held off all challengers to capture the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes (Eng-II) at Ascot Sept. 29. The victory by City Leader was the f...
Phantom Income and Preachin Man won divisions of the National Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors Futurity at Meadowlands the night of Sept. 29. The NATC includes two divisions, each worth $200,...
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