Racing's inherent dangers help to explain certain phenomena; from why it's prohibitively expensive to keep a valuable stud prospect like Justify in training, to why the language of the sport is ...

George Carlin, comic genius, harbored a lifelong fascination for the absurdities of language. This fascination took wonderful flight in his routine, contrasting some of the terminology applied to the ...

I’m fortunate to have spent most of my life working with horses. I do not take this privilege for granted, in either the good times or the bad. It’s fair to say we have had some challenging times in ...

A group of protesters stood near the entrance to Laurel Park on Saturday, holding signs accusing horse racing of cruelty, while fans dressed in bright spring colors streamed toward Maryland’s biggest ...

The Front Runner, Chris Cook's popular daily email, was recently named the specialist/regional newsletter of the year at the Press Gazette's Future of Media Awards. Written principally by our ...

The recent string of racehorse deaths at Santa Anita Park in California has attracted widespread national attention and, in the process, left the horse racing industry scrambling. The timing, of ...

Make sure your sound's on full for the calamitous clip LEGENDARY BBC racing commentary Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson sparked a social media frenzy with this disastrous call at Ayr. Some were doubled over in ...