Horse Racing

Churchill Downs announced Sunday it has banned Baffert from entering any horses at the racetrack while it awaits the conclusion of an investigation by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

A tax accountant in Osaka who also owns a racehorse is said to have encouraged over 100 in the industry to apply for relief money from a government program.

Jockey Yuichi Kitamura steered top-favorite Chrono Genesis to victory in the 65th running of the Arima Kinen on Sunday, the third career Grade 1 triumph for the 4-year-old filly. Chrono Genesis won a sprint over the final 300 meters of the 2,500-meter race on turf ...

Ridden by veteran jockey Christophe Lemaire, the 5-year-old mare won by over a length on Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.

It’s once again the time of year for the Japan Cup, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and certainly the race on the horse racing calendar here in Japan that jumps off the page as one of the year’s biggest ...

On a winter day four years ago, Takeshi Watanabe, then a graduate student at the University of Tokyo, went to watch the year-end Arima Kinen horse race at Nakayama racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. For him the day was more about watching horses and ...

Gran Alegria made a stunning late dash to capture the 37th running of the Mile Championship at Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday and claim her third straight Grade 1 victory. Steered by Japan's leading jockey Christophe Lemaire, the race-favorite barreled around the pack in the final ...

Second-favorite Chrono Genesis blitzed the field Sunday to claim the Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse. Yuichi Kitamura steered the 4-year-old mare to victory by six lengths over sixth-favorite Kiseki. Outsider Mozu Bello finished third ahead of pre-race favorite Saturnalia. "She ran really strongly. I didn't worry ...

Third-pick Gran Alegria cruised to victory in the Yasuda Kinen on Sunday and denied race-favorite Almond Eye an unprecedented eighth Grade 1 turf win. Ridden by Kenichi Ikezoe, Gran Alegria came up through the middle of the pack in the final stretch of the mile ...