The Pick 6 is the wager that made careers and ended a few of them too. Six consecutive winners, one ticket, and a pool that carries over when nobody hits it. It’s the closest thing horse racing has to ...

Churchill Downs Incorporated wants the Federal Trade Commission to conduct an independent review of HISA. Fine. Actually, more than fine. I am all for it. Open the books. Open the systems. Examine the ...

In a little Maryland town beside the Chesapeake Bay there once stood a stylish racetrack that showcased renowned stables, champion trainers and legendary horses. Named after the town where it stood, ...

Today, as I watched the NBC national telecast of the Preakness Stakes, I witnessed a masterclass in corporate damage control. Deep into the broadcast, the production truck finally got around to ...

There are 1000 ways to lose a race, and only one way to win it, or is there? When we talk about doping in horse racing, almost everything revolves around the same premise. Somebody is trying to make a ...

On Monday, May 17, 1875, before a crowd of 10,000 fifteen 3-year-old colts lined up to compete in the inaugural Kentucky Derby. Thirteen of the fifteen jockeys who would pilot these colts in the 1 1/2 ...

Horse Racing was initially brought to North America by British colonialists in the 1660s. A lot of time has passed since then, and the world and horse racing have changed quite a lot. So, how is horse ...

Kalshi and Polymarket volume has gone from under $5 billion a month to roughly $24 billion in under a year — and the insider trading cases are stacking up right along with it. Jon runs through the ...

Saratoga Race Course hosted the Belmont Stakes for the third and final time this past weekend, and if you watched only the broadcast you saw something genuinely beautiful, a storied venue, a ...

Aqueduct, or the Big A as we always called it, was almost like a second home. I grew up around all three NYRA racetracks but Aqueduct was just a few exits down the Belt Parkway, and it literally felt ...

A Statement Arrives. The Questions Don’t. After days of silence silence Past The Wire noted directly in our last two pieces on this story, The Jockey Club has finally issued a public statement on the ...

Following is the first in a series of articles on cheating and race fixing in Thoroughbred Horse Racing, the Sport of Kings. Jonathan Stettin will expound on the various ways people cheat and attempt ...