Triple Crown

Churchill Downs says the rescheduled Kentucky Derby and Oaks will run this fall with spectators under strict guidelines to limit crowd density for the race that annually attracts more than 150,000

Eerily empty grandstands. Masked jockeys. Shuttered betting windows. For Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg, no finer way to round out a career Triple Crown. “I’m not trying to be a jerk about it,” the 82-year-old said. “But I thought the quiet, to me, was very nice.” Everything was strange about this Belmont Stakes, except the winner. Heavily favored...

Tiz The Law won the 2020 Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon in Elmont, New York

According to published reports, two horses from the barn of two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert have tested positive for a banned substance.

The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York in front of no fans as the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown

It’s the most prestigious prize in horse racing – and the most elusive

Secretariat is the early 7-2 favorite for this weekend’s virtual Kentucky Derby, an animated race between all 13 Triple Crown winners on the day the Derby would have been held before the coronavirus pandemic postponed it.

The 151st running of the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, is Saturday and you can watch the action live on NBC4. Coverage on Saturday begins at 1 p.m., and you can watch it all live at home or on the go via NBC Live.

For the past five years, Luis Grandison was the only full-time Spanish language horse race narrator in the U.S.

The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby kicks off this year’s Triple Crown of horse racing Saturday, May 4, on NBC. Coverage on Saturday begins at 11:30 a.m. PT and the race is set to start at 3:50 p.m. PT. You can watch it all live at home or on the go via NBC Live.

All three sites of the Triple Crown are among several major tracks that have agreed to phase out the use of a common anti-bleeding medication starting next year. Starting in 2020, 2-year-old horses won’t be allowed to be treated with the drug Lasix within 24 hours of racing. Lasix is a diuretic given to a majority of horses on race...

Victor Espinoza won the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing in 2015. Find out how he stays fit and why, for jockeys, there is no offseason.

Triple Crown winner Justify has re-located to Del Mar where trainer Bob Baffert is keeping him under observation after swelling in his left front ankle emerged two weeks ago.

Justify — who made history as the 13th Triple Crown champion when he won the Belmont Stakes earlier this month — is set to parade Saturday before fans at his home base of Santa Anita Park in Arcadia.

Justify cemented his place in history with a Triple Crown win at Belmont Stakes.

In interviews with NBC, five female jockeys described a long and persistent history of gender discrimination in the sport. Some say their careers have been deterred by sexual harassment and bullying.

The racing world had never seen anything like his performance before or since.

After the wettest Kentucky Derby on record and a similarly rainy Preakness Stakes, staff at Belmont Park — home to the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes — know they have to be prepared for whatever nature brings their way on June 9. But this isn’t anything new. Every year, staff and trainers — and horses...

After winning the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, Justify has just one more race between him and the sport’s most prestigious prize, the Triple Crown.

The thoroughbred Preakness and English trainer William Lakeland have been elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. Preakness, the namesake of the middle leg of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, was born in 1867 at Woodburn Stud in Kentucky. He debuted as a 3-year-old on Oct. 25, 1870 and won the Dinner Party Stakes at the inaugural Pimlico...