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To stem the loss of its best horses to breeding, the harness racing industry may bar competitors sired by a horse who was 4 years old or younger at the time of conception.

Jess Jackson, Curlin’s majority owner, said there were no races left on the North American calendar rich enough to pique his interest.

Horsemen and horseplayers cannot resist debating now that the Breeders’ Cup is over and the best equine athletes will be taking a breather until February.

Bob Baffert’s promising 2-year-old Midshipman raced to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, establishing himself as an early favorite for the Kentucky Derby next year.

A big, talented gray horse named Delightful Kiss, who is among the favorites at the Breeders’ Cup Marathon, gives Pete Anderson a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Five months after the death of Eight Belles, an industry organization announced a series of suggested reforms for horse racing’s safety and integrity problems.

Prices for young racehorses declined at Europe’s biggest auctions as the effects of the credit freeze spread into luxury markets.

Big Brown had just enough in his tank to grind out a one-and-three-quarter-length victory over Coal Play in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

Peppers Pride, a New 5-year-old thoroughbred, is expected to be heavily favored to win her 17th race in a row, a feat no horse has achieved in modern times.

Ocean Colors, who will be at Saratoga on Wednesday, has already done more than most of offspring of Winning Colors, who won the Kentucky Derby nearly 20 years ago.