Michael W. McCarthy

Independence Hall breezed a bullet half-mile in 46.8 seconds Saturday at Churchill Downs in his final piece of work for the Grade 1, $750,000 Cigar Mi...

One week before racing’s best dirt routers battle it out in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, some of their division rivals will square off Saturday at Keene...

Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer will take a break of at least 60 days, trainer Michael McCarthy told the Daily Racing Form.Last seen finishing third ...

Perhaps it will not matter at all. Perhaps it will make a world of difference. Flavien Prat’s decision to leave commanding Preakness winner Rombauer t...

Betting-wise, Rombauer feels like a tough sell in the 153rd Belmont Stakes. Odds and value aside, he is an obvious contender if the connections d...

Bob Baffert's As Time Goes By and Michael McCarthy's Ce Ce will square off Saturday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita. As Tim...

Baltimore There will be no controversy over a Triple Crown, because there will be no sweep of the Triple Crown.Instead, a feel-good story is coming ou...

Rombauer and trainer Mike McCarthy were up and out early Wednesday, the colt’s first full day at Pimlico Race Course, to prepare for the Preakness Sta...

This week between the classics, the Triple Crown is still the main topic of conversation on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Steve Kornacki of NBC News tal...

Trainer Michael McCarthy knows he wants to enter three horses in the Breeders’ Cup. And while he knows where one of them is going, he is not sure wher...