The son of a rescued mare and a stallion secured with a few bucks and a handshake’ – our series continues with an unlikely ...

Patricia McQueen continues her popular series with a magisterial sweep of the equine legend’s lesser-known stakes-winning ...

Bad weather forecast forces two-day postponement, Saudi Cup ruled out for former world #1, Kentucky Downs contest gets G1 status –all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing ...

Up close and personal: Thorpedo Anna (Brian Hernandez, near side) fends off Dorth Vader in the G1 Personal Ensign. Photo: NYRA / Coglianese To celebrate a remarkable year of racing action on the New ...

Flavien Prat: former French champion apprentice is now one of the top riders in the US. Photo: NYRA / Walter Wlodarcyzk Our questions are answered by the top US-based rider, who has thrived since ...

Derby days of yore: Workforce and Ryan Moore thunder down the straight with the infield packed out in 2010 at Epsom. Photo: Mark Cranham / focusonracing.com World’s premier Classic worth £2m in 2026, ...

Popular former NY Horse of the Year, who won 12 races in the Empire State during a long career, is enjoying his new role at the Old Friends’ Cabin Creek offshoot Although he bears a name suggesting an ...

Hollywood stardom: Lava Man (Corey Nakatani), as popular as he was successful – on both dirt and turf – pictured here winning the 2006 Whittingham Memorial at Hollywood Park. (Benoit photo) In the ...

The debut of a two-year-old Camelot colt at Leopardstown over the weekend got our correspondent thinking – all the way back to the legendary Northern Dancer This is a tale about two horses you have ...

In the third instalment of his series celebrating the 150th anniversary of America’s greatest race, Steve Dennis recalls one of the most unlikely outcomes in a storied history If you want to get ahead ...

Thore Hammer Hansen: former Richard Hannon apprentice partnered a pair of G1 winners en route to becoming Germany’s champion jockey. Photo: Dan Abraham / focusonracing.com Interview with former ...

Pat Day holds up eight fingers in the Churchill Downs winner’s circle after becoming only the third jockey to reach 8,000 career wins in May 2001. Photo: Alamy (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) Our questions are ...