With all the spring buzz in Thoroughbred racing focused on the Triple Crown, it can be easy to overlook that the new Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet is here, starting on May 1. The meet, which occupies the dates normally held at Belmont Park, will be among the season’s most important race meets for horsemen and horseplayers.
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Journalism the Top Choice in Deep Kentucky Derby Field
The 151st running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve May 3 at Churchill Downs offers not only a purse of $5 million, with $3.1 million going to the winning connections, it also sets the stage for one of the entrants to become world famous with a victory in the “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.”
Chunk of Gold Takes Trainer Ethan West, 32, to First Kentucky Derby
Ethan West, 32, didn’t expect to find himself in the position of saddling a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve starter so early in his training career, which launched in 2018.
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy is all smiles as he returns to racing just hours after mysterious car crash riddle
It's believed that the crash occurred shortly after Murphy, 29, raced at Leicester on Saturday afternoon - where he won three times in the seven-race event.
