Horse Racing

7:47 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Jockey John Velazquez has set a record with his 660th career graded stakes victory in the U.S. and Canada. He won the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes aboard Bast at Santa Anita on Friday, snapping a tie with fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey. It’s the second career mark

7:47 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Jockey John Velazquez set a record with his 660th career graded stakes victory in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, and added his 661st three races later. He won the $300,000 Chandelier Stakes aboard Bast at Santa Anita, snapping a tie with fellow Hall of Famer Jerry

7:28 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A bettor at Gulfstream Park turned a 20-cent, six-race wager into more than $2.2 million Friday. Someone hit Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6 on Friday, the first time that the total jackpot had been claimed for that wager since July 6. To win the entire jackpot, someone must

7:28 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse dumped its jockey and knocked down two photographers standing near the rail as racing returned to Santa Anita with the opening of its fall meet Friday amid intense scrutiny after the deaths of 31 horses at the historic track earlier in the year. It was

8:20 PM ET Associated Press BENSALEM, Pa. — Math Wizard won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at 31-1 odds, edging Mr. Money by a neck in a race missing disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Math Wizard ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.94 on Saturday at Parx Racing. Maximum Security,

3:43 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Belmont Park’s entire 37-day fall meet will be run at the venerable track instead of having a portion of it at Aqueduct. The New York Racing Association said Thursday that the current construction site preparation for the New York Islanders’ new arena at Belmont Park is having

9:20 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A 4-year-old gelding has been euthanized at Santa Anita after breaking its pelvis during training hours. Santa Anita officials on Tuesday confirmed the fatality of the gelding named Zeke, who was injured a day earlier. Track veterinarians diagnosed a pelvic fracture. The gelding was initially stable, but

4:33 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Maximum Security won’t run in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby this weekend because of a colon issue. Trainer Jason Servis said Tuesday that the Haskell and Florida Derby winner developed the problem shortly after a workout a day earlier. The 3-year-old colt was taken to a New

5:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Three horses have died during the first two days of Belmont Park’s fall season, mirroring the start and end of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course. According to the New York State Gaming Commission’s equine database, two horses died on the meet’s opening day last Friday.

1:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert denied giving 2018 Triple Crown-winning horse Justify a banned substance that caused a positive test prior to last year’s Kentucky Derby and blamed the result on contaminated food. Baffert said Thursday that he “unequivocally” rejects the implication he’d give Justify or any other