Horses

Churchill Downs, under scrutiny after 12 horses suffered fatal injuries in the past five weeks, on Thursday put in place measures meant to discourage trainers from running unsound horses.The home of the Kentucky Derby will no longer offer…

“Astonishment is a human quality: it’s the ability to wonder, to surprise ourselves, and to reinvent ourselves.” So said Pierre-Alexis Dumas, artistic director and family scion of Hermès, as he stood by an open fire late Tuesday night and…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Frank Sumpter has spent the past few weeks reflecting on Wild On Ice's remarkable journey to somehow work through his grief over the horse's catastrophic injury just nine days before he was…

Two horses have died the past two days following injuries at Churchill Downs, the 11th and 12th fatalities over the past month at the home of the Kentucky Derby.Filly Kimberley Dream was euthanized after sustaining a distal sesamodean…

LOS ANGELES: Nikola Jokic was far from his usual dominant self while mired in foul trouble, and Jamal Murray cooled off after his scorching first half. The Denver Nuggets’ big early lead disappeared entirely in the fourth quarter of Game…

BALTIMORE - Bob Baffert choked back tears and his voice cracked while he tried to juggle the conflicting feelings of seeing one of his horses win the Preakness Stakes hours after another was euthanized on the…

1. Freezing Point (nicknamed Snowball)Her voice catches and tears threaten to follow, but Randy Gootzeit wants you to know about how a strapping gray colt nicknamed Snowball brought a couple of horse lovers back to the track, and how they…

LAS PALMITAS, Mexico — Pedro Parra stood by his horse’s side as the animal dropped to the ground under the weight of anesthesia. Its four hooves flailed for a moment, then ceased, and a team of volunteer veterinarians rushed in. One placed…

In 1991, the horse breeder and owner Arthur Hancock III delivered what he called his “drugs and thugs speech” at an industry symposium, telling his colleagues what they already knew: Too many horses were running on performance-enhancing…

Taking a look at all of the Kentucky Derby winners in horse racing history in addition to the horses that went on to win the Triple Crown. You could certainly call putting a horse among the long list of Kentucky Derby winners among the…