10:19 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — A wacky Triple Crown season ended with another surprise on Saturday. Sir Winston, who went off at relatively steep odds of 10-1, held off favorite Tacitus to win the 151st Belmont Stakes. It marked a second consecutive Triple Crown victory for trainer Mark Casse, who also works with Preakness

4:33 AM ET Nick Quinn Possibly the best day of winter racing in 2019 with three Group 1 races at Eagle Farm and tremendous support cards at Flemington and Randwick. Kiwi star The Bostonian is a clear favourite to win the Stradbroke having already claimed the Doomben 10,000 and the Kingsford-Smith Cup, but it is

9:09 PM ET The colt River Derby sustained a catastrophic injury while training at Santa Anita on Wednesday morning, becoming the 27th horse to die in racing or training at the Southern California track since the season began Dec. 26. River Derby, an unraced 2-year-old, suffered a fractured shoulder, his trainer, Ruben Gomez, told the

8:43 AM ET There was a glimmer of hope that Country House and Maximum Security could have a rematch in the Belmont Stakes and give fans a shot of a much sought after “grudge match.” Those hopes were dashed, as the headliners in the final leg of the Triple Crown are Preakness winner War of

6:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tacitus was made the slight favorite over Preakness winner War of Will in a Belmont Stakes that wraps up a whacky Triple Crown. Tacitus and War of Will got the outside No. 10 and 9 post positions, respectively, on Tuesday in the draw at Citi Field, but

2:29 AM ET Joe Klingele Tacitus is the early favorite to take the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Michael Reaves/Getty Images The 2019 Belmont takes place Saturday at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Tacitus, who finished third in a wild Kentucky Derby, is a slight favorite, just ahead of War of Will. How

7:44 PM ET Nick Quinn CAULFIELD BEST BET BANDIPUR, Caulfield, Race 5, No.3 A James Cummings-trained galloper who has won two of his past three starts and looks well placed to win again. He should get a lovely run just off a good tempo and with Craig Williams in the saddle should be hard to

4:57 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — The owner of Santa Anita is investigating whether new rules were followed before the 26th horse death at the Southern California racetrack. Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, was euthanized Sunday after injuring his left front leg in a race a day earlier. It was the third horse death