COLUMBUS — The quiet of the jockey room makes sense when considering the reverberating narration of the riders’ every move on the track and the audience roar that crescendos as the horses close on the ...

Jockey Kylie Wellington sat alone in her room near Delta Downs in late 2024. She felt adrift. A little bit empty. Scared. That's when she came across an article explaining that Eclipse Award-winning ...

It’s 9 a.m. on April 26, and the front side of Woodbine Racetrack is slowly coming to life. The paddock is getting its last few sweepings before horses and people fill the saddling stalls on the ...

Tucked inside the jockeys' room at Hollywood Park are quarters of private suffering. In back is a large, glass-windowed sauna, known in the riders' vernacular as the hot box, or sweat box. There, ...

It was 3:15 in the afternoon, and Alex Solis was just getting dressed for work. He was wearing a silk suit, as always. On Thursday, it was white pants and white shirt, wide orange bands above the ...

When I texted my family group chat that I’d be riding a horse for the sake of Preakness week content — pulling back the curtain of life as a jockey to see if I have what it takes — my mom replied with ...

The flagship event of the Hong Kong Jockey Club honors the horses and the athletes who ride them. By Amanda Duckworth Depending on who you ask, the stars of horse racing are either the horses or the ...

A new children's book set against the backdrop of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has been released. Ollie the Oaklawn Owl: Whoooo's That Jockey? is the second book in an educational series written ...