Tag: Horse racing
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
April 27
1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight...
Arkansas officials hear Baffert’s appeal of drug positives
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, fined and suspended last year by Arkansas racing officials for a pair of drug positives, sat through nearly...
Olympian Richards-Ross joins Kentucky Derby coverage on NBC
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross will provide fashion and lifestyle commentary for the Kentucky Derby on NBC on May...
Arkansas racing officials vote not to suspend Bob Baffert
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has successfully appealed his 15-day suspension to the Arkansas Racing Commission, allowing the six-time Kentucky Derby winner to...
Jockey dies in England 10 days after fall in race
NEWMARKET, England — A jockey has died in the hospital 10 days after a fall in a race in England, the Injured Jockeys Fund...
Two horses die in barn fire on Belmont Park backstretch
ELMONT, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association said two horses died as the result of a fire Tuesday night on the backstretch at...
Super Stock wins $1M Arkansas Derby, earns Ky Derby spot
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Super Stock won the $1 million Arkansas Derby by 2 1/2 lengths in an upset Saturday to earn a berth...
Blackmore bids to be 1st female jockey to win Grand National
She’s the new face of British and Irish horse racing, to some the savior of a sport that has endured the worst kind of...
Hall of Fame horse breeder Alice Headley Chandler dies at 95
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alice Headley Chandler, who founded Mill Ridge Farm and built a Hall of Fame career as a breeder of champion racing...
Long shot Bourbonic, 72-1, pulls huge upset in Wood Memorial
OZONE PARK, N.Y. — Bourbonic, a 72-1 long shot, stormed from the rear entering the stretch to edge Dynamic One by a head to...