After four successive runner-up finishes, it is perhaps hardly surprising that questions were being asked about Calandagan.

Steve Dennis pays tribute to the legendary trainer, a true giant of the sport who died on Saturday night [June 28] at the age of 89 ...

D Wayne Lukas: training colossus who made an indelible mark on the sport has died aged 89. Photo: Churchill Downs. Steve Dennis pays tribute to the legendary trainer, a true giant of the sport who ...

Medical issues force the end of a legendary training career, while Churchill Downs hosts a thrilling clash between winners of ...

In happier times: D Wayne Lukas holding court at the Preakness ‘Alibi Breakfast’ at Pimlico in 2022. Photo: Maryland Jockey Club. Medical issues force the end of a legendary training career, while ...

Oisin Murphy: secured his fourth jockeys’ championship in 2024. Photo: Megan Coggin. Our questions are answered by the four-time British champion jockey, who has in prime form at Royal Ascot with five ...

‘Blind Luck’ was a no-brainer, being out of the Best Of Luck mare Lucky One. In terms of the gene pool, however, the direct female family supplied only a modest record of achievement until arriving ...

The Gosden team (stay at #7, +101pt) enjoyed a fantastic week with five winners; the father-and-son team won the top trainer award by virtue of more second places than world #1 Aidan O’Brien, who also ...

Ironhorse: Bucchero and Harlan Malter, pictured during a trip to the UK in 2018 for Royal Ascot. Photo: Amanda Duckworth. Harlan Malter, managing partner of Ironhorse Racing Stable, Ironhorse ...

Rochelle Lockett: former jockey faces lengthy ban after both she and a horse she trains tested positive for meth. Photo: loveracing.nz. New Zealand: A former jockey-turned-trainer is facing a lengthy ...

See? Even Secretariat didn’t want to go. But the third race was scheduled. It was time. The band played Auld Lang Syne, and his groom Eddie Sweat – who had been closer to the horse than anyone, had ...