Horse Racing News

Churchill Downs has modified paths to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks, awarding points to the top five finishers in qualifying races and increasing significance for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and late prep season events.

Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to buy Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, for $79 million in cash, and includes Churchill Downs assuming Ellis Park's opportunity to build a track extension facility in Owensboro.

Play has been suspended for the rest of Thursday and for Friday at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.

John Velazquez, already the leading career rider at Saratoga, had his 1,000th winner Thursday at the historic track.

A prominent New York-based horse trainer whose Early Voting won this year's Preakness Stakes is facing a domestic violence charge for allegedly pushing a woman down a flight of stairs and trying to choke her.

Cool Papa Bell scored the biggest upset in the history of the Hambletonian, charging late to edge filly Joviality S by three-quarters of a length on Saturday.

Belmont Park will hold its fall meet at Aqueduct during construction of vehicle and pedestrian tunnels that will allow access to the track's 45-acre infield.

Rapacious, an unraced 2-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, was euthanized after an accident at Los Alamitos.

A federal judge said Tuesday a national horse racing authority cannot enforce its rules in Louisiana and West Virginia while a lawsuit challenging the organization is in court.

Havnameltdown won his first career start Sunday at Del Mar, marking Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's second win on the opening weekend of the seaside track's summer meet.