#US RACING: Triple Crown produces 3 different winners, likely no closure

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than two months after Tiz the Law blew away the field in the Belmont, Authentic fended off his charge and won the Kentucky Derby. Four weeks later, filly Swiss Skydiver challenged and beat Authentic in the Preakness. The Triple Crown races run out of order and later in the year produced […]

#FRENCH RACING: Woman jockey Marcialis makes French racing history

PARIS, France (AFP) - Jessica Marcialis made French racing history on Sunday becoming the first woman jockey to win a Group One race landing the Prix Marcel Boussac on Tiger Tanaka. Even better for the 30-year-old Italian, who resumed her career after becoming a mother, her partner Charley Rossi trains Tiger Tanaka. Tiger Tanaka and […]

#UK RACING: Champion jockey Oisin Murphy tests positive for cocaine

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Irish jockey Oisin Murphy has vowed to "fight to clear my name" after testing positive for cocaine at a race meeting in France. The 25-year-old British champion flat jockey denies taking the drug and is awaiting the result of a B sample following the test in July. Murphy, on course […]

#EUROPEAN RACING: Love out of clash with Enable

Second favourite Love has been ruled out of a clash against record-seeking Enable in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. Love's odds had drifted this week from 6-4 to 4-1 after heavy rain made the ground very soft at ParisLongchamp. The filly was considered Enable's main rival but all her wins this season […]

#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert seeks history as Authentic chases Preakness win

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Kentucky Derby winner Authentic chases bragging rights in a coronavirus-disrupted campaign while his trainer, Bob Baffert, could make more horse racing history in Saturday's 145th Preakness Stakes. Baffert could become the first trainer to win eight times in the famed 1 3/16ths of a mile (1,900m) Triple Crown classic for […]

#EUROPEAN RACING: Trainer of Enable John Gosden calm as Arc history beckons

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Trainer John Gosden says his nerves are steady before he watches stable stars Enable and Stradivarius bid for racing history in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday. The Englishman is bidding for his fourth victory in the past six runnings, with Enable attempting to become the first horse […]