As the wildfires devastated parts of the San Gabriel Valley, Santa Anita Park did what locals always have counted on the 80-year-old track to do. It stepped up and fulfilled its role as a community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Historical horse racing machines often trigger controversy when they're installed, raising questions about whether they violate ...

Seven quarter horses have been euthanized at Los Alamitos Race Course following an outbreak of a potentially fatal infectious virus, according to state officials. The California Horse Racing Board, ...

The grand experiment to revive horse racing in Northern California is coming to an end. On Monday, the board of the California Assn. of Racing Fairs voted unanimously, 6-0, to withdraw its application ...

Equine fatalities rose for the second consecutive year at California racetracks and training centers in 2024, with disease and accidents contributing to the increase. After climbing from 66 fatalities ...

It wasn’t quite as dramatic as any come-from-behind victory by Silky Sullivan, Vigors or Zenyatta, but California horses collectively summoned a stirring rally in 2024. After failing to win a single ...

Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. reacts as he rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. The future of horse racing in California is in peril, with Santa Anita at risk ...

California horse racing, now in danger of shutting down, could have put itself on solid footing more than a decade ago when it explored the idea of adding electronic machines that allow gamblers to ...