A decision on whether Street Sense, winner of the Kentucky Derby, will compete in the June 9 Belmont Stakes will be made during a May 31 press conference at Churchill Downs.

According to Churchill officials, trainer Carl Nafzger will be

Bidding on Susan Sommer-Luarca’s portrait “Barbaro,” a 5′ by 4′ tonal acrylic on canvas that was painted at Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby week this year and signed by jockey Edgar Prado, is up to $12,600 with bidding continuing on Ebay

The National Weather Service confirmed that a small tornado briefly touched down Monday afternoon and damaged a horse barn in Somers, Conn.

The landspout, which the weather service said is technically a tornado because it was a rotating

There is a 309-mile section of the U.S./Canadian border from Washington State into Montana that is so rugged that vehicles can’t be used. However, the Border Patrol that is responsible for that area uses natives to help them negotiate the

The Belmont Bash, hosted by the New York Racing Association and The Jockey Club, will be held June 8 at the historic Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. The Bash once again will benefit the Grayson-Jockey Club

Paul Reddam’s Great Hunter, who finished 13th in the Kentucky Derby will miss the June 9 Belmont Stakes after suffering a chipped ankle in his right front leg, trainer Doug O’Neill said Saturday.

“He’ll be out of commission for a few months,”

(Edited Churchill Downs release)

James Tafel’s Street Sense, the winner of the $2 million Kentucky Derby, returned to the track on Thursday for the first time since last Saturday’s narrow loss to Curlin in the Preakness Stakes a

Final national television ratings for NBC’s coverage of the May 19 Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore, Md., dipped 9% from year-ago figures. The 2007 Preakness telecast drew a 4.9 national rating and a 13 share. Each rating

Curlin, winner of the May 19 Preakness Stakes, returned to the racetrack May 23 at Churchill Downs for the first time since his heart-pounding victory over Street Sense, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby.

The chestnut son of Smart

Horse health and welfare topics on TheHorse.com, laid out in an easy-to-read site map.

(Edited press release)

The NTRA Charities–Barbaro Memorial Fund will benefit from a painting of Barbaro created on Kentucky Derby Day in the Churchill Downs paddock by Susan Sommer-Luarca. The item is now for sale on

(This article appears in the May 27, 2007 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine.)

Thoroughbred racing is a sport of contrasting emotions, ranging from euphoria to despair and laced with a heavy dose of what might have beens. It often

(compiled from Preakness notes)

Third-place finisher Hard Spun is the most likely of Saturday’s Preakness Stakes contenders to move on to the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park on June 9.

Trainer

To watch National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) in Oklahoma City, OK, Two-Million-Dollar Rider Shawn Flarida and Walla Walla Whiz compete in the first section of the of the $80,000 added Open Derby go round on Wednesday, May 16, you?d never

When the Maryland Jockey Club carded the inaugural Barbaro Stakes on the Preakness Stakes card, it was prophetic that trainer Michael Matz would enter Chelokee.

After all, Matz had saddled Barbaro to win the 2006 Kentucky Derby and then