Horse Racing

8:00 PM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It was getting late in the day, and trainer John Sadler’s 0-for-43 record at the Breeders’ Cup was starting to loom large. Expert Eye had run down Catapult to nose him out in the stretch of the Breeders’ Cup Mile. Favored Catalina Cruiser didn’t show up in the Dirt

7:54 PM ET Mitchell Lamb DERBY DAY BEST Flemington Race 5 No.2 Zousain (James McDonald) – $3.80 His father won it, his Father’s Father won it, even his Father’s Father’s Father won it, and now I expect Zousain to keep up the family tradition and win the Coolmore Stud Stakes and finally get the Group

10:00 AM ET The 35th edition of the Breeders’ Cup will be held Friday and Saturday at Churchill Downs. First post of the weekend is at 12:55 E.T. Friday, and the Breeders’ Cup Classic will be run under the lights at 5:44 p.m. E.T. Saturday. Here’s why you should consider tuning in this weekend: What

5:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — W. Cothran “Cot” Campbell, who pioneered the concept of shared ownership of thoroughbred race horses and was a longtime advocate for the American racing industry, has died. He was 91. He died Saturday at his home in Aiken, South Carolina, the New York Racing Association said Sunday.

From day one Guard of Honour has been a smart short-course galloper and when things go his way in a race he can look even better than that. He likes two things; a dry track and no more than 1000 metres. Given both on Saturday at Moonee Valley, he has his best chance to show

That is how trainer Chris Waller responds to the question of his great mare – arguably the greatest horse to grace the Australian turf – being ‘gifted’ a victory in the 2018 Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m). Winx will face a field of seven opponents as she takes to the Moonee Valley circuit for the

4:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Richard Violette Jr., a thoroughbred trainer who advocated tirelessly on behalf of racetrack backstretch workers and improved care for retired racehorses, has died. He was 65. Violette died Sunday at his home in Delray Beach, Florida, after a long struggle with lung cancer, according to the New

7:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Javier Castellano won consecutive races to give the Hall of Fame jockey his 5,000th career victory in North America. The 41-year-old rider won the $200,000 Mohawk aboard Offering Plan in the third race at Belmont Park on Saturday and followed up in the next race aboard Runaway

8:15 PM ET Associated Press VISTA, Calif. — Famed former jockey Patrick Valenzuela has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence for slapping his girlfriend at a Southern California restaurant. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the seven-time Breeders Cup winner entered the plea earlier this week, was fined nearly $900 and ordered to take domestic

11:01 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Caulfield Race 6 No.1 Thinkin’ Big (Tim Clark) – $4.20 For the most part, we’ve already seen that the Sydney three-year-old form, especially amongst the males, is superior to their Melbourne counterparts. I expect that to continue for the remainder of the Spring, including those heading towards the