7:17 PM ET Associated Press A major prep race for the Kentucky Derby will be run as scheduled next week, without spectators. Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans is joining other tracks in banning fans through the remainder of its racing meet that ends March 29. Only essential staff and credentialed horsemen and media

12:34 PM ET Associated Press Horse racing is continuing to operate in North America and abroad without fans in the stands. Races at Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields in California, Aqueduct in New York, Gulfstream Park in Florida, Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, Laurel Park in Maryland and Turfway Park in Kentucky will go on

2:06 PM ET Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Ky. — War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, died Wednesday at age 21. He had been at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center since 2015 after returning from Japan. Officials said the cause of death was believed to be a paddock accident, but exact details weren’t known.

5:22 PM ET Associated Press CHELTENHAM, England — A crowd of more than 60,000 attended the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, where more wash basins and hand sanitizer stations were in place to help combat the virus outbreak. The total of 60,664 racegoers on Tuesday was around 7,000 fewer than the record number present

2:21 PM ET The deaths of 23 race horses at Santa Anita Park during last year’s meet could not be blamed on illegal medications or procedures, according to a report released Tuesday, but horsemen were not found to be completely without blame. Those were just some of the conclusions of the California Horse Racing Board

9:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Maximum Security was moved from trainer Jason Servis to Bob Baffert on Tuesday after Servis was indicted Monday and charged with administering performance-enhancing drugs to that horse and others. Servis was one of 27 horse racing professionals charged by federal authorities in a widespread international scheme to drug horses

10:11 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — More than two dozen horse trainers, veterinarians and others have been charged in what authorities describe as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to race faster. The charges were detailed in four indictments unveiled Monday in Manhattan federal court. Charges brought against 27 individuals include drug

12:12 AM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Authentic led all the way to win the $400,000 San Felipe Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh win in the Grade 2 race. Ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, Authentic ran 1 1/16 miles

7:17 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Breeders’ Cup is increasing purses for three of its races, including a $1 million boost that will make the signature Classic worth $7 million starting with this year’s event at Keeneland. The board of directors approved a $2 million boost that will make the Turf worth

12:19 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Longtime jockey Richard Gamez died Sunday after falling from his horse and getting trampled by another horse during a race in Tucson. Gamez was leading in the fifth race at Rillito Park Racetrack when his horse stumbled and he was thrown from the saddle, according to the