More Election 2008 coverage A home field advantage is one of the few certainties in politics, and nothing comforts a presidential hopeful quite as much as the knowledge that voters at home have th...
is ready for a name change. Wayne Hodes, newly appointed senior vice president at the Houston horse racing and entertainment venue, said Thursday he will focus primarily on lining up naming rights f...
Silver Edition, runner-up in the Hutcheson Stakes (gr. II), will look to put himself back on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) trail when he takes on six challengers in the $150,000 ...
Last year, Kiaran McLaughlin brought 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor to the $500,000 Donn Handicap (gr. I), won it with convincing ease, and shipped the Shadwell runner to Dubai for an impressive caree...
Henny Hughes ' first offspring is a Kentucky-bred colt foaled Jan. 29. Bred by Turner Breeders, the colt is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner Boston Express and is out of the Forty Niner mare A...
Barretts has cataloged 190 horses for its March select sale of 2-year-olds in training. The number is down 4.5% from the 2006 total of 199. The highest hip number for last year's catalog was 200, and ...
And so the record setting continues. As the fourth day of the New Zealand National Yearling Sale at Karaka ended, bringing down the curtain on day two of the Select portion of the sale, records fell i...
Good news for the 3-year-olds running in the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes at Aqueduct Feb. 2: Undefeated Giant Moon is not in the field. Seven were entered in the 1 1/16-mile Whirlaway, which serves as ...
Pfizer Animal Health and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association have joined forces to help fund laminitis research through the NTRA Charities - Barbaro Memorial Fund. Owners, trainers, and ho...
William A. Levin, who won the 1971 Travers Stakes with Bold Reason, died Jan. 26, one day after his 84th birthday. He lived in recent years mostly in Florida. A textile manufacturer, Levin was acti...
Sircross was devastating at Te Rapa after a short break and looks suited by the rise in distance. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times Trainers will be thinking $700,000 as much as the $75,000 HS Dyke Waikato ...
Stubbs began his career at Bolton Derby have signed Everton defender Alan Stubbs on an 18-month contract. Manager Paul Jewell, who lured the centre-back to the Rams for no fee, said he was delight...
Goalkeeper Roy Carroll is seen here in action for Manchester United in 2004. Carroll has joined Derby County from Scottish side Rangers, the Premier League basement club has announced.
Skip Away were among the highlights of the 1997 racing season, has been pensioned from stallion duty and has taken up residence at Old Friends equine retirement center near Georgetown, Ky. The 15-year...
(Edited New Zealand Bloodstock press release) Day two of the three-day New Zealand Bloodstock select yearling sale at Karaka was highlighted by a record price of NZ$300,000 for a colt .by Waikato Stu...
The funniest thing I've read in weeks: The awestruck populace listened in rapt attention to the words of the great horse's spirit as he urged the people to remove their metaphorical blinders and open their eyes to the world around them; to never put too much weight on their sesamoid...
Manchester United (2) 2 Portsmouth (0) 0Another day, another double. Cristiano Ronaldo repeated his firework display against Tottenham Hotspur with two more splendid strikes to sink Portsmouth. Henry Winter reports from Old Trafford.
West Ham United (0) 1 Liverpool (0) 0Rafael Benitez offered a defiant response to Liverpool's latest disappointment, insisting that the club, in seventh place after this defeat, could still qualify for the Champions League.
Unless there has been a quick rethink on Dennis Wise's new role as executive director (football) at St James' Park, the uncertainty over his position in the pecking order bodes badly.
Chelsea (1) 1 Reading (0) 0Avram Grant is assuredly no headline-writer's dream, but it has taken his curiously muted method to produce a winning streak of nine games, equalling the club record. Oliver Brown reports.
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