As a racing enthusiast and an ardent lover of the equine athlete, I’ve always maintained that horse racing commentary is by far the most challenging and complex to undertake in the sporting world.

Racing's inherent dangers help to explain certain phenomena; from why it's prohibitively expensive to keep a valuable stud prospect like Justify in training, to why the language of the sport is ...

The following commentary was submitted by Maggi Moss, a longtime Thoroughbred owner and advocate for racehorse aftercare. Moss, an attorney, has raced a stable of Thoroughbreds at Indiana Grand Race ...

The Front Runner is our morning email exclusively for Members' Club Ultimate subscribers, written today by Chris Cook and available here as a free sample. Subscribers can get more great insight, tips ...

I’m fortunate to have spent most of my life working with horses. I do not take this privilege for granted, in either the good times or the bad. It’s fair to say we have had some challenging times in ...

In a year of extraordinary results, here's one that you probably saw coming. Richard Hoiles has won the Front Runner's ...

The recent string of racehorse deaths at Santa Anita Park in California has attracted widespread national attention and, in the process, left the horse racing industry scrambling. The timing, of ...

A series of troubling events over the past year led to a long-overdue social justice reckoning for our nation, causing nearly every industry to reevaluate its cultures and daily practices. The horse ...

Thank you so much for printing the commentary about the sick “sport” of horse racing (“Horse deaths, like those at Laurel Park, are routine in racing — one more reason to end the ‘sport,'” April 27).

There is also some sad news in the local racing community. Tom Shelton, who has been dealing with severe health problems for the past year, lost his battle last week. Tom was a local legend, racing at ...