The sport of horse racing was deeply ingrained in American culture long before the American Revolution.   The first race course was established in 1665 on Long Island in Hempstead Plains and was called Newmarket after the original site in England. Immigrants from Great Britain brought their appreciation for horse racing with them to America.   Colonial [...]

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Never in the history of the Kentucky Derby has the jockey on the winning horse deserted his mount for another entry in the Preakness. But there is an eerie precedent for a jockey choosing to ride a filly over a Kentucky Derby-winning colt when the jockey was the regular rider of both…and the precedent is a cause for concern–a red flag–for everyone who cares about animal welfare and racing’s image among the general public.

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