Horse Racing News

Famed horse racing writer Bill Nack has died at the age of 77 due to complications associated with cancer.

The award-winning writer hooked readers with his thorough reporting and gifted writing.

As a child growing up in Ireland, Davy Russell used to gather up bundles of freshly mown grass in his garden with his brother and cousins in the early spring and pretend they were fences in the Grand National Steeplechase.

With a win in the Santa Anita Derby, Justify vaulted into the role of probable Kentucky Derby favorite Saturday. In other key prep races, Good Magic won the Blue Grass Stakes, while Vino Rosso survived a stewards' inquiry to win the Wood Memorial.

Vino Rosso pulled away from Enticed nearing the finish and survived a stewards' inquiry to win the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, on Saturday. Vino Rosso earned 100 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.

Michigan's Hazel Park Raceway has agreed to sell its assets and will close after nearly 70 years of harness and thoroughbred racing. The facility opened in 1949 with a five-eighths-mile track.

Balance the Budget jumped out early and went on to a more than six lengths victory Saturday in the Colonial Cup, the first Grade 1 race of the National Steeplechase Association season.

Former Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who has vowed never to return to the state of Kentucky, said he won't attend the May 4 Kentucky Oaks, even though his filly Coach Rocks will run in the race.

Audible rolled to his fourth straight victory, scoring an impressive win in the Grade 1 Florida Derby to earn 100 points in the Kentucky Derby standings, more than enough to clinch a spot in the field.

Thunder Snow upset prerace favorite West Coast to capture the Dubai World Cup on Saturday by more than five lengths.