Horse Racing

8:36 PM ET ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita has suspended racing indefinitely after the 21st horse death at the storied Southern California racetrack since the winter meet began on Dec. 26, track officials announced Tuesday. Races have been suspended through the weekend, and there’s no timetable on when they will resume. The

8:10 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Another horse has died at Santa Anita, making it 20 fatalities at the racetrack since its winter meet began on Dec. 26. Animal rights activists gathered near the track in Arcadia on Sunday. At least a dozen protesters held signs that read “Your bets cause horses’ deaths,”

10:36 PM ET Associated Press McWicked is harness racing’s Horse of the Year, and the oldest pacer to capture the sport’s highest honor. The 7-year-old won 12 of 19 races in 2018 to earn $1.57 million for SSG Stables. Casie Coleman is the trainer and Brian Sears was the primary driver. McWicked easily outpoled the

Winx is rated a $1.09 chance with TAB to win the Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Royal Randwick. Should she do so, the seven-year-old mare will achieve a remarkable 30th-straight win. She’s the popular choice on the bookies boards and horse racing’s current star. But are her achievements on the track enough to distract from

1:53 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Jockey Craig Perret, trainers Mark Casse, Christophe Clement and David Whiteley, and five thoroughbreds are contemporary finalists for the National Museum of Racing’s 2019 Hall of Fame ballot. The racehorses are Blind Luck, Gio Ponti, Havre de Grace, Rags to Riches and Royal Delta. Results of

11:54 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Horse racing in Britain has been canceled until at least Wednesday over an outbreak of equine flu. The British Horseracing Authority said Thursday that no new positive cases have been received since it announced late Wednesday evening that three vaccinated horses in an active racing yard had the

7:20 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Horse racing has been canceled in Britain on Thursday due to an equine flu outbreak. The British Horseracing Authority says it was informed Wednesday night by the Animal Health Trust of three confirmed flu cases from vaccinated horses in an active racing yard. They raced on Wednesday and

4:44 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor Espinoza says doctors have cleared him to resume his Hall of Fame riding career. Espinoza exercised two horses at Santa Anita on Sunday. He has been sidelined since breaking a vertebra in his neck and injuring his left shoulder and arm in a

6:24 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — City of Light won the $9 million Pegasus World Cup dirt race at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, running away from Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Accelerate for an emphatic victory in the final race before retirement for both horses. City of Light and Accelerate were neck-and-neck on

10:44 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Justify finished unbeaten, on and off the track. The Triple Crown winner for 2018 added Horse of the Year to his résumé, getting the nod over Accelerate for the biggest prize handed out at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night. Justify didn’t race as a 2-year-old,