Back side’ workers, who groom, exercise and care for the horses, must choose between separating from their families to follow ...

Here's why Santa Anita's Trevor Denman, who announced his retirement last week, is widely considered on the greatest horse ...

With fewer race days and races in February 2025 compared to the previous year, wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races took an ...

But in January, the fair board voted to shut down racing operations. Alameda County Fairgrounds CEO Jerome Hoban said the ...

His retirement is effective immediately, meaning Denman’s last call, likely forever, was the final race of Del Mar’s summer ...

Collmus recalled first working with Denman in 1988 at Golden Gate Fields in Northern California and being told he needed a better pair of binoculars (which he immediately bought). It was only part ...

Mysteriousmagician (USA) Drosselmeyer filly out of Lady Pecan. Ribbon Of Jewels (USA) Distorted Humor filly out of Trusty Temper. Palace Ghost (USA) Mesa Thunder filly out of Ghostofversailles ...

As racing attendance declines, Gaming Intelligence looks at whether other racing jurisdictions will suffer a similar fate to ...

Thoroughbred racing fixes its followers in time. For that reason, I know exactly where I've been on certain days in early March for so long it's embarrassing to mention. One hates to be predictable.

Hernandez worked at Golden Gate Fields before moving to the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Fighting back tears, he said he's been working with horses for 45 years. "The horses help me like therapy.

At Ferndale, Pleasanton, and Golden Gate Fields, Baker said urine samples are collected behind closed doors and then the accompanying hot walkers or grooms are expected to sign a statement ...

In 1976, 23-year-old Trevor Denman took a vacation from his race calling gigs at three tracks in Natal, South Africa, to venture to the United States to see what racing in a different part of the ...