Rafael Bejarano, who recently recovered from a wrist injury, was one of hundreds of people who showed up to the benefit pancake breakfast held by Santa Anita Thursday to help support Adrian Valenzuela who suffered a spinal cord injury in March. “I am wishing him the best,” Bejarano said. “I've been talking with him on [...]

The racetrack community is coming together to support exercise rider Adrian Valenzuela, who sustained a spinal-cord injury in an accident during morning workouts March 31. Santa Anita will be hosting a pancake breakfast and raffle at Clockers' Corner April 19 at 10 a.m. as a fundraiser to support Adrian and his family. Adrian is 21 [...]

A panel comprising turf writers and journalists entertained audience members in attendance for the conclusion of OwnerView's fourth annual Thoroughbred Owners' Conference Wednesday. The conference capped off a three-day stand at the Del Mar Hilton with some of the best media professionals in the business talking about all the colorful owners they've encountered throughout the [...]

They say it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. In the racing industry, the candle to that maxim is the horse. A flicker of hope that a newborn foal represents is something that everyone across racingdom can get behind, dissolving any bitterness between differences in creed, gender or whatever else gets [...]

Once upon a time, the circus movie “The Greatest Show on Earth” won the Academy Award in 1952 and starred Bing Crosby and a 7-year-old Joe Harper, President and CEO of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Harper welcomed OwnerView Conference attendees at the Del Mar Hilton Monday, through telling them stories from Hollywood's yesteryear, and how [...]

OwnerView's third Thoroughbred Owner Conference concluded a three-day stand Wednesday at Santa Anita Park, with prominent horse owner and NBC Sports horse racing and hockey analyst Eddie Olczyk, delivering the day's keynote address to an audience of new and prospective owners. Olczyk was introduced to the stage by master of ceremonies Tom Durkin, who donned [...]

Excitement. Ticket to cash flow. A milestone. The ultimate thrill. Exhilaration. Humility. Everything. These are the words written on whiteboards by Breeders' Cup-winning owners during Day 2 of OwnerView's Thoroughbred Owners Conference, addressing what winning a Breeders' Cup race means to them. The panel featured new and longtime owners alike, in attendance at Santa Anita's [...]

OwnerView's third Thoroughbred Owner Conference got underway Monday, as part of a three-day stand at Santa Anita Park preceding Breeders' Cup championship weekend. The conference is being hosted by OwnerView, a resource developed by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, with the objective to spur new owners into racing by providing [...]

Stewart Elliott climbed up a tree and perched there for a perfect hunting spot. That was in 2015, when he didn't ride a single race, but rather, spent the year hunting whitetail deer from treetops in the woods of Central Kentucky. “I'm a big bow hunter, actually,” Elliott commented this weekend at Los Alamitos, where [...]

Michael Phelps was a high schooler the first time he ever visited a racetrack. Phelps's swim coach, Bob Bowman, pulled him out of school one afternoon and took him to Laurel Park. “Michael put down a bet and hit an exacta and so he was hooked from that minute on,” Bowman recalled. “We didn't tell [...]

California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) and Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) share a unique commonality. Both have a Rodriguez in their care. Songbird's exercise rider is Edgar Rodriguez, the son of California Chrome's groom, Raul Rodriguez. After Edgar watched Songbird's triumph in the GI Alabama last week, he called his dad from Saratoga. “Now it's your turn, daddy,” [...]

The hurdles on the road to Rio de Janeiro for a 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding named Blackfoot Mystery (Out of Place), nicknamed “Big Red,” began just a few miles away from the Kentucky Horse Park, at a place called Milestone Farm. That's where John O'Meara bred the ex-racehorse turned Olympic-bound champion named to the 2016 U.S. [...]