Horse racing is a gorgeous, cinematic sport, but a horizontal one. The length of the track, the laterality of…
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American Pharoah races to a Preakness win and sets up a shot at the Triple Crown, all while Marlins Man watches.
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In the span of 22 days, 12 horses have died during races at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. No one's figured out how to reduce the horse deaths this winter. [New York Times] Read more
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Let's be immature on a Monday morning.
Police say a 21-year-old jockey allegedly masturbated on the deck of a second-floor apartment in Bensalem, Pa.,…
TOKYO — I came to watch Japan's top racehorses, arguably the strongest in the world, contest last Sunday's Japan…