(from Belmont Park notes)

More than seven years after he competed in his first Kentucky Derby with Trippi, More Than Ready and Impeachment in May of 2000, perennial champion trainer Todd Pletcher finally got his first Triple Crown

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is investigating after a horse drowned in the River Eden at Appleby Horse Fair, Cumbria, U.K.

The incident happened on Friday, the second day of the annual event, which runs

After stumbling out of the gate, Rags to Riches won the battle of the sexes Saturday in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), winning a furious stretch duel with Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Curlin.

The pace of the race was extremely slow but that did

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced June 7 that the NTRA Charities’ Barbaro Memorial Fund will make its first two disbursements, totaling $150,000, this Saturday at Belmont Park in the winner’s circle following the seventh

It’s been a wild and crazy Triple Crown (no tip intended) with lots of twist and curves, and it all comes to a rousing conclusion in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. Will Curlin finally regress, and if so, how much? How special is Rags to Riches? Will

A Colorado woman whose underweight horse died last year was convicted Thursday of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Jacqueline Lovelace, 61, of Eaton faces up to three years in prison at her sentencing, scheduled for July 26.

The horse,

Slew’s Tizzy and Hard Spun, who figure to be the pacesetters in the June 9 Belmont Stakes, drew next to each other at the post position draw this morning. A field of seven was entered in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Curlin, who won the

When all is said and done, the 139th Belmont Stakes has turned out to be one heck of a race after all, Street Sense or no Street Sense. We have seven legitimate horses, with none of the usual no-hopers that seem to pop out of the woodwork for the

Launched in 1997, Pfizer Animal Health’s PreventiCare is an equine wellness program that is designed to promote the overall health of horses through routine veterinary care and a sound deworming program. The premise behind the creation of this

Trainer Todd Pletcher announced Tuesday morning that the filly Rags to Riches will contest the June 9 Belmont Stakes and be ridden by John Velazquez. Also, trainer Greg Fox said Rafael Bejarano has been named to ride Slew’s Tizzy.

Pletcher

Trainer Frank Whiteley Jr., jockey Jacinto Vasquez, and Thoroughbred Legends LLC have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries, ABC and ESPN, over “Ruffian,” a television movie that is scheduled

Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement facility based near Lexington, will be featured in a segment on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric June 7th. This is the first news piece

They’re not pouring out of the woodwork, but they’re coming–slowly but surely. Normally, if the winner of the Kentucky Derby defects from the Belmont Stakes, it’s going to bring a deluge of newcomers looking to take a shot at the final leg of the

Chad Johnson’s trash talk won’t work on his next opponent.

As part of a charity promotion, the Cincinnati Bengals receiver has agreed to race a horse at a track next weekend. He’s not running against Mr. Ed, so his gift for in-your-face

Artist Susan Sommer-Luarca’s portrait “Barbaro”–a 5′ by 4′ tonal acrylic on canvas that was painted at Churchill Downs during Kentucky Derby week–brought a final price of $14,400 at the conclusion of bidding yesterday on eBay.

The

The Kentucky Derby Museum has located War Admiral’s 1937 Kentucky Derby Gold Cup Trophy, and it will be loaned to the museum for its Kentucky Derby Gold Cup exhibition in 2010.

The Triple Crown winner’s Derby trophy was privately purchased in