DEL MAR, Calif. — Sometimes the toughest part of owning a horse is deciding what to name it. If you own a bunch of horses, you run out of logical names pretty quickly. You can only do a play on the sire’s name so many times. And if you name it after a living person, you need permission from that person.

But every once in a while ...Read more

She didn’t grow up riding horses, no. It might have been the family business, but as a kid, she danced. Played some soccer. Went to USC and studied business while working toward an acting career. Did some commercials. Some theater. Eventually got burned out.

Only then did Britney Eurton’s career get on track – at the racetrack, naturally....Read more

DEL MAR, Calif. — John Sadler has had his share of Breeders' Cup failures, going 0 for 41 starts before he won his first Breeders' Cup race with Accelerate in the 2018 Classic. Then things changed, especially with his training of Flightline, a once-in-a-generation horse who ran only six races before being sent off to a lucrative career as a ...Read more

Sovereignty, the top-ranked horse in the country, will not run in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic after developing a fever this week. The winner of the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes will recover, although it's unclear if he will ever race again.

Trainer Bill Mott made the announcement Wednesday morning and informed ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Eclipse Award winner for American Horse of the Year, will make a special appearance at Keeneland on Saturday, the final day of the Fall Meet.

Thorpedo Anna, who has been retired and will begin her broodmare career in 2026 at Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa in nearby Paris, began her career with a maiden ...Read more