Laffit Pincay Jr.

Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame rider who has handled scores of top horses and won hundreds of major races over a 36-year career that has gone from highl...

My father was sticking to his guns.  All week long he had been saying he was going to bet Sham in the Belmont Stakes.  Sounds a little crazy...

The 50th annual Santa Anita Jockeys vs. Holy Angels Elementary School Charity Basketball Game will be played Thursday, Feb. 23 at La Salle High School...

Dan Hendricks-trained Om, one of only two horses to beat American Pharoah and the winner of the 2015 Del Mar Derby, returns from a five-month layoff t...

Jockey Miguel Vasquez frequently tends to fly somewhat under the radar at Gulfstream Park, but the 22-year-old rider’s horsemanship was on full displa...

October 27th, 1990. For some, that’s just another date in the calendar, but for me, the date is seared in to my memory. October 27th, 1990 was the dat...

Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron, one of racing’s great riders as well as one of its best-liked individuals, has been named the 2016 recipient of th...

I’m not sure that any horse enjoyed a better week of racing than did Conquistador Cielo back in the late spring of 1982. A lightly raced graded stakes...

On Friday, Keeneland will honor one of the largest contingents of Racing Hall of Fame jockeys ever assembled. Fans are invited to help celebrate these...

Kobe’s Back, on the winning track again after wearing blinkers to capture the Palos Verdes Stakes on Feb. 7, worked four furlongs on Santa Anita’s fas...