Horse racing

So much fun to be had Saturday at Parx Racing in Bensalem for the 2024 Pennsylvania Derby. Track announcer Jessica Paquette tells Philly Live’s Sheila Watko about what racing fans can expect and what it means to be a woman in a traditionally male role.

The U.S. equestrian star and daughter of music legend Bruce Springsteen earned a silver medal in Tokyo. Here’s a look at her status for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Here’s everything to know about the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes, the shortest of the Triple Crown races.

No horse has won the Derby and Preakness since the last Triple Crown champion, Justify in 2018.

Mystik Dan is one-third of the way to a rare Triple Crown after a thrilling Kentucky Derby triumph.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension from Churchill Downs has been extended through 2024, keeping him out of the upcoming Kentucky Derby. Here are five things to know about one of the most successful figures in horse racing.

Chris Griffin of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association joins Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle to talk about some of the big events coming to Parx Racing.

White Abarrio took over the lead at the top of the stretch and ran on to a one-length victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday.

The first death of the summer 2023 racing season at Del Mar was followed by another just one day later.

Trainer Jason Servis put the horses under his control in danger by giving virtually all of them performance-enhancing drugs, a judge said.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was initially suspended for two years after 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test.

Mashnee Girl, a 5-year-old mare, fell near the quarter pole and sustained a catastrophic injury to her left front leg, according to the New York Racing Association.

Arcangelo took the lead at the top of the stretch and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, making Jena Antonucci the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race. Arcangelo finished the 1 1/2 mile race in 2:29.23 and as 1 1/2 lengths in front of favored Forte, with Tapit Trice third. After the horse crossed the finish line,...

A horse in the race following the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes had to be euthanized after an injury on the track. The death of Excusionniste completes a grim Triple Crown for a sport that has seen deaths cast a pall over all three tracks hosting its most prestigious races. Jockey Flavien Prat pulled up on Excursionniste in the far turn...

With 8-1 opening odds to win, Arcangelo captured the 2023 Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.

Arcangelo won the 155th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, the third and final jewel of the Triple Crown series.

Here is everything to know about the horses running in the 155th Belmont Stakes on Saturday, the third and final jewel of the Triple Crown series.

Racing at Belmont Park was canceled and the Washington Nationals’ home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks was postponed Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires in Canada.

Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, has seen multiple deaths occur in the month of May.