NEW KENT — Colonial Downs kicked off its summer racing season on Friday by racing zebras, ostriches and camels in between regular horse races. In between the nine thoroughbred races, groups of zebras, ...

The biggest weekend of Delaware Park’s live thoroughbred racing season is here, with the Grade II $500,000 Delaware Handicap highlighting Sunday’s card. The Grade III $300,000 Delaware Oaks, which was ...

A hot summer Friday afternoon in the midst of a four-day holiday weekend proved the proper formula for a successful day at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. A large and enthusiastic crowd ...

Camels and ostriches raced Saturday at Selma’s Retama Park Race Track, making for a quirky occasion. The novelty competitions were wedged between the serious business of horse racing as the track ...

The moment I climbed into the saddle on the camel’s back, the giant, humped ungulate took off. It caught me by surprise, because the plan had been for a handler to lead my camel on a short, gentle ...

The New York Racing Association and the Jockeys' Guild have reached an agreement that will allow racing to resume as scheduled Dec. 4 at Aqueduct Racetrack following a dispute that led to jockeys ...

In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

Racing is set to resume Thursday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens after officials from the New York Racing Association and the Jockeys’ Guild met earlier this week to discuss the issues that led to ...