The idea of fanned poles is to do the trot or canter pole exercise on a circle, maintaining the horse’s bend AND rhythm as you work through the exercise. While you can use the fan approach for ...

Japan's Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders Luxor Cafe and Admire Daytona continued their acclimation exercises at Churchill Downs ...

Trot over a pole on the ground a few ... cavaletti at any height is a great exercise for developing cadence, impulsion and topline, as your horse has to work on lifting their legs that bit higher.” ...

Dale Romans, the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs, doesn’t have a horse in the Kentucky Derby this year. But that ...

Citizen Bull, the Eclipse Award-winning champion of 2024 as the nation’s top 2-year-old, put the finishing touches on his ...

“He’s a beautiful horse,” Lukas said ... his way through a canceled work session Saturday, canceled connections and a five-hour hang out in the Atlanta airport that afternoon, a return to Louisville ...

Connections from favored runner-up Journalism to Japan's last-place longshot Admire Daytona reflect back and look ahead to ...

Kentucky Derby runner-up Journalism is headed to Baltimore for the 150th Preakness Stakes. Trainer Michael McCarthy approved ...

It didn’t take long for trainer Michael McCarthy to approve the proposal to run Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up Journalism in ...

Citizen Bull (Into Mischief), last year's Eclipse champion juvenile, completed his major preparations for Saturday's GI Kentucky Derby with a bullet five-furlong work in :58.40 (1/15) Monday at ...

Senior Emre Dodanli placed first in the session on floor exercise ... pommel horse with 13.433 and senior Zach Nunez anchored with a 13.500. John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans ...