Topic: Horse Racing

Midnight Bourbon jumped into the Kentucky Derby picture with a victory in Saturday's Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds; the Dubai World Cup Carnival kicks off Thursday; all the weekend horse racing action right here.

Three-year-olds eyeing the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks get a chance to make an impression this weekend at Fair Grounds in New Orleans and Tampa Bay Downs in Florida.

Ride a Comet, continuing a dramatic return from injury, earned a Pegasus World Cup Turf bid with a win in the Tropical Turf.

Fillies and mares take center stage at Santa Anita, while two weekend races in South Africa offer "Win and You're In" Breeder's Cup berths/

Life Is Good, Mutasaabeq, Capo Kane all win weekend Kentucky Derby prep races with Life Is Good looking a lot like 2020 Derby winner Authentic in his score.

The old year departs and attention turns to Kentucky Derby 2021 with some of the hopefuls running on the first weekend of the new year; lots of other weekend horse racing action.

Horse racing wound up 2020 with a sense of relief and some impressive performances from Florida to California and Japan that promise great drama in 2021 -- preferably in more normal settings.

Female jockey Bryony Frost made history and won a longshot victory in the British King George VI Chase at Kempton Saturday on Frodon, who was given 20-to-1 odds before the steeplechase race.

Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, long has been a red-letter day for Santa Anita racing fans and this year's edition won't do anything to hurt that tradition with some really tremendous matchups.

Spielberg, the $1 million colt, finally got the job done in the Los Alamitos Futurity in the highlight of weekend racing, boosting his hopes and trainer Bob Baffert's for the 2021 Kentucky Derby.