Another holiday season is right around the corner and again 2025 presents us with a nice list of literary looks at the sport of horse racing in its many forms. Whether you seek an immersive coffee table book or an examination of a moment in racing’s past, this list has something for the horse lover reader in your life. Check out this year’s list of 11 titles ripe for gifting, with names like Man o’ War, Silver Charm, Stymie, and more in the mix of this year’s new titles.
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Upcoming Sporting Art Auction Celebrates the Beauty of the Thoroughbred
It’s a racing highlight that equestrians and sporting art enthusiasts look forward to every year. Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery continue their collaboration by offering the 13th annual Sporting Art Auction on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. ET at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
Beginner’s Guide to the 2026 Kentucky Derby
If you’ve opened this story you probably are interested in the Kentucky Derby but might not know a whole lot about horse racing or the Triple Crown. Never fear, America’s Best Racing is here to help. The Kentucky Derby is the most-watched horse race of the year in the United States and is widely considered one of the most important sporting events in the country, having grown to become much more than just a horse race since Aristides won the first edition in 1875.
Thoroughbred Philantropist Ken Freirich Leads By Example, Breeders’ Cup Weekend and Beyond
Whether endowing an entrepreneurship competition he founded at his alma mater, Skidmore College, supporting disabled jockeys, or donating to Thoroughbred aftercare, Ken Freirich believes in leading by example, and last week at the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, he was seemingly everywhere all at once, spreading the message. “Sure did. It was non-stop,” he said a few days after the event when asked if he’d had fun.
