LOS ANGELES — California horse racing, struggling to stay afloat, got a stark reminder how uphill its battle is to add a new form of supplemental income this month when state Attorney General Rob Bonta ruled against daily fantasy sweepstakes.

The decision underscored the power of Indigenous tribes when it comes to gambling in California.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — After winning two of this year’s three Triple Crown races, Sovereignty is back on the racetrack.

The Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner will be part of Saturday’s five-horse field in the Grade 2, $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Saratoga was also the site of Sovereignty’...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Next year’s Kentucky Oaks will be run in prime time for the first time ever, according to an announcement by Churchill Downs and NBC.

The race, which is the top competition for 3-year-old thoroughbred fillies, will move to 8 p.m. on May 1 on NBC and Peacock.

“By moving the Kentucky Oaks to prime time, we’re giving one ...Read more

Journalism proved again what a great competitor and super horse he is, rallying from next to last on the backstretch to win the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.

The stretch run was vintage, but Journalism’s start in the 1 1/8-mile race was poor as the 3-year-old broke seventh in the eight-horse field. ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Legendary horse racing trainer D. Wayne Lukas — a four-time Kentucky Derby winner — has died.

The Lukas family released a statement Sunday afternoon: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved husband, grandfather, and great-grandfather, D. Wayne Lukas, who left this world peacefully yesterday ...Read more

Sometimes a rivalry falls short of the hype. But no such thing happened Saturday at Saratoga Race Course when in almost a repeat of the Kentucky Derby, Sovereignty ran past Journalism in mid-stretch to win the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes.

The conversation would have been quite different if Sovereignty had run in the Preakness Stakes and...Read more

Sovereignty closed horse racing’s 2025 Triple Crown season with a win in the 157th running of the Grade 1, $2 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday night at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Contested at a shortened distance of 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga, in comparison to the traditional distance of 1 1/2 miles when the race is ...Read more