Peppi Knows won the $100,000 Whirlaway Stakes on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens after the favorite Eightyfiveinafifty bolted through the outside rail on the first turn and unseated jockey Jorge Chavez.

The Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame trainer David Anderson has been suspended for three years and fined $4,000 for being suspected of racing two horses that had been injected with banned painkillers.

Four years after Barbaro soared into the public consciousness at the Kentucky Derby, his full brother Lentenor may be on his way to that same race.

A lottery deal at Aqueduct raceway seems designed primarily to bolster Governor Paterson?s political fortunes and enrich at least one friend.

The $5 million purse for the April 3 Apple Blossom Handicap would be the richest for a race restricted to female horses.

Winslow Homer, a colt that was one of the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby, has been sidelined with a stress fracture.

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls reckons Tony McCoy will have few problems partnering 2008 Gold Cup winner Denman for the first time on Saturday.

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Joncol beats Cooldine by a neck in a thrilling finish to take the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

Trainer Nicky Henderson's Binocular records a first win of the season when he coasts to victory in the Contenders Hurdle at Sandown.

Tony McCoy is called up to ride Denman in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The last three Aintree Grand National winners are among the 112 entries for this year's race on Saturday, 10 April.

Edgewater Sports Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. A new drag racing speed record has just been established, with a run of 8.56 seconds and a speed of 153.34 miles per hour. The racecar which set the record features a

Night Football announcing crew of Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Jon Gurden. They're part of Last Mango Racing Stable. Daddy Forty Nine, which is trained by New Orleans native Tom Amoss, has won three of six starts but did finish fourth last week in an

Red Horse Racing is pleased to announce the addition of Nelson Piquet Jr. to its stable of drivers for the 2010 Camping World Truck Series season. Piquet Jr. will pilot the #1

Red Horse Racing announced Monday that Piquet will enter the No. 1 Toyota in Friday's race at Daytona. We have closely observed Nelson in our testing and believe he has a

is also returning to the track for one more race during Speedweeks. But unlike Patrick, who will be racing in next Saturday?s NASCAR Nationwide series, Piquet will race in the Camping World truck race on Friday for  Red Horse Racing. He will drive the

Jump racing, above, is back at Lingfield today where Ban Uisce is expected to prove dificult to beat. Photograph: Julian Herbert/ Sometimes the handicapper just seems to get it wrong and I