Dr. Greg Ferraro, a former racetrack veterinarian and former director of the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Center for Equine Health, was elected chairman of the ...

In what will be considered a test period, jockeys at Woodbine Racetrack will compete under new riding rules that will add restrictions on riding crop use beginning Oct. 18 through the end of the meet, ...

DEL MARDEL MAR — For the California Horse Racing Board meeting that will be held Thursday across the street from the Del Mar racetrack, the item about jockeys’ use of the riding crops is buried on the ...

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined over $60,000 for striking the horse with his riding crop too many times during the race, according to the ...

A late surge down the closing stretch won Sovereignty the 151st Kentucky Derby, as he outran the morning line favorite Journalism to the finish line. But the way that strong close happened came at a ...

The riding crop was used by Marcel Zillessen when he attended Gresham's School in Norfolk in the early 1930s A pre-war riding crop that was owned by a World War Two soldier who inspired one of the ...

A pre-war riding crop that was owned by a World War Two soldier who inspired one of the characters in The Great Escape film, has been discovered in the back of an airing cupboard by a plumber. Marcel ...