Mention the words “horse racing” and the words “triple crown” almost automatically come to mind. Fans of horse racing, both in terms of the races themselves and the wagering that they inspire, know ...

With Michael Veitch This weekend all roads lead to southern California and beautiful Del Mar Racecourse for the 42nd rendition of the Breeders’ Cup. It is the pinnacle event of the horse racing season ...

Fourth in the 1957 Kentucky Derby was a colt whose fame stretched far beyond his losing turn beneath the Twin Spires.

A member of a Black militant group, she was found guilty in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she taught and wrote. By Clyde Haberman Assata ...

In 1973, Secretariat was established as the greatest racehorse of the modern age, winning the Triple Crown of U.S. Thoroughbred Horse Racing while setting records in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the ...