And finally, racing’s opportunities extend to people like me, a horse rider who could never afford that elitist sport but for the racehorse retraining barn where I ride, and where I get to see ...

The horse racing industry is just that — an industry driven by profits. It’s outdated and cruel, and it has proven again and again that it’s unwilling to regulate itself.

Five a Side #5 with Irad Ortiz, Jr. riding won the second race at Parx Racing in Bensalem, PA on September 21, 2024. Photo by Nikki Sherman/EQUI-PHOTO Nikki Sherman/EQUI-PHOTO ...

Jose Camacho rides Graceful Mischief, a horse owned by Sarah Jennings, during race training at the Alameda County Fairgrounds racetrack in Pleasanton, California, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.

Horse racing still has far more fans than critics “It’s nothing new when different people want (or don’t want) different things, which has led to this clash and demand for change.

Horse racing has been boxed in by an image problem—too buttoned-up, too exclusive. The sport needs to adapt to the times. In one broad stroke, the industry can get younger, cooler, way more ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The morning after the 2022 Kentucky Derby, horse racing took an exuberant and hopeful victory lap.Rich Strike had reintroduced the sport to the dreamer in all of us, winning at ...