Rachel Alexandra, who in May became the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes in 85 years, will again face colts in the Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park.
A team of England-based researchers has proved what many horseplayers refuse to believe: that jockeys actually can make a thoroughbred racehorse run faster.
The purse for the 42nd running of the Haskell Invitational on Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park received a quarter-million dollar boost, to $1,250,000.
The new owners of Atomic Rain have decided to take on the Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra and the Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird at the Haskell Invitational.
Ernie Paragallo, the prominent New York thoroughbred owner and breeder, was to appear at a hearing as he faced 22 counts of animal cruelty.
The Preakness Stakes-winning filly Rachel Alexandra won the Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park by 19 1/4 lengths in a field of three.
The Kentucky Derby- and Preakness-winning trainer Rick Dutrow was suspended for 30 days for violating doping rules.
A financing shortage has had an impact on the thoroughness of a program conducted at Cornell University.
The casualties from this year’s Triple Crown campaign continued to mount Thursday when Pioneerof the Nile, runner-up behind Mine That Bird in the Kentucky Derby, was retired.
A leg injury prematurely ends the career of the horse who finished second in the Kentucky Derby and for whom trainer Bob Baffert had high hopes in the Breeders’ Cup.