Horse Racing

5:04 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — A colt has been euthanized at Keeneland after being severely injured in a race, and a filly suffered an injury and was vanned back to the barn after another race on the opening day of the track’s fall meet. The track said Stella D’Oro was euthanized Friday

6:19 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has signed an agreement to buy Turfway Park for $46 million with plans to eventually demolish its grandstand and build a $150 million racing and gambling facility on the site. Churchill’s purchase of the Florence, Kentucky, track from Jack Ohio LLC and Hard Rock International

5:22 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Trainer Bob Baffert is replacing fellow Hall of Famer Mike Smith aboard McKinzie, the probable favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic next month. Smith finished second aboard odds-on favorite McKinzie in last weekend’s Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita. That prompted Baffert to let Smith

8:56 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A 3-year-old colt suffered a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall

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