Breeders' Cup

Jockey Ramon Dominguez retires from racing because of head injury

2013-06-13 14:58:00

Ramon Dominguez, who won 1,010 races in Maryland, has retired from horse racing after suffering a head injury at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York on Jan. 18. The 36-year-old jockey announced his retirement through the New York Racing Association on Thursday...

Could the Breeders' Cup ever come to Baltimore?

2013-06-12 11:17:00

The Breeders' Cup, created as a roving championship of thoroughbred racing, shunned Louisville's Churchill Downs this week and announced it would return to Santa Anita Park in 2014 for a third consecutive year. Santa Anita, of course, is owned by the...

Napravnik reflects on early days at Pimlico as she prepares for Preakness ride

2013-05-17 16:00:00

Sitting in front of a microphone Friday morning, Rosie Napravnik fielded questions about her first race at Pimlico Race Course while donning a hat from her new sponsor, Snickers Bites. For the 25-year-old jockey, it was a fitting juxtaposition, as she's...

Everything revolves around Orb

2013-05-16 17:57:00

The colt was a knucklehead, really. He had speed and endurance in his pedigree, but if you had polled his owners and his trainer a year ago, none would have predicted that he’d gallop in the same steps as his great-grandsire, 1977 Triple Crown...

Colt with Harford connection is a favorite in Saturday's Kentucky Derby

2013-05-03 03:00:00

Unless you are a farmer or a you deliver morning newspapers, Bel Air's Mike Pons probably woke up earlier than you did on Thursday. Pons, joined by one of his brothers, a son and a nephew, rose before the sun and was on the road by 4:15 a.m., on his way...

Maryland's Janney shuns limelight, even with Derby favorite Orb

2013-05-01 15:45:00

When his first Kentucky Derby horse, Orb, was named the favorite Wednesday, Stuart S. Janney the III was not there to raise his hands triumphantly for the cameras. He won't be in Louisville at all in the days leading to the race. A short phone call with...

Facing long odds, Kevin Plank hopes to run Heat Press in Preakness

2013-04-22 17:04:00

When Heat Press last ran in Maryland, he finished third in a three-horse race. Yet his owner — the same man who managed to turn the idea of quick-drying fabric into an athletic apparel empire that brought in nearly $2 billion in revenue last...

Five questions for ... Richard Golden

2013-02-08 11:02:00

Richard Golden became a savior of the Maryland thoroughbred horse breeding industry in 1988 when he teamed with Allaire du Pont and later Tom Bowman to open Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, eventually revitalizing farmland that had been home...

Notebook: Hereford's Napravnik sets record for female jockeys

2013-01-01 21:02:00

Jockey Rosie Napravnik (Hereford) closed out a career-best season Dec. 31, securing the highest spot ever for a female jockey on the North American leader board. Finishing the year with $12,451,713 in purse earnings and 193 wins with 191 seconds and 167...

Md. thoroughbred trainer leaps into past with show jumping competition

2012-07-11 15:17:00

A growing number of thoroughbreds are being groomed for new roles following their days on the race track, including assignments as fox hunters, riding horses, pets and show jumpers. Maryland thoroughbred trainer Rodney Jenkins points to the...

Animal Kingdom pointed toward $10 million World Cup in Dubai (again)

2012-11-14 15:11:00

Team Valor International, owner of 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, has announced that Maryland-based trainer Graham Motion is once again hoping to prep the horse for a run in the $10 million Dubai World Cup next spring. Animal Kingdom...

Dominguez retires after race fall

2013-06-13 09:38:00

(Reuters) - Ramon Dominguez, a three-time Eclipse Award winner as the leading jockey in North America, retired on Thursday due to a head injury suffered in a fall earlier this year. The 36-year-old Venezuelan fractured his skull during a spill in New...

Jockey Dominguez aboard Hansen races to win first place in the Juvenile race during the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championship horse races at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

2013-06-13 09:38:12

Baltimore, Md5/18/13--Pimlico owner Frank Stronach, shown here after the 2013 Preakness, has built a strong relationship with Breeders' Cup leaders.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. guides Fort Larned to victory ahead of Mucho Macho Man, with Mike Smith aboard, in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Class at Santa Anita Park.

2012-11-03 00:00:00