First opened in 1951 as Waterford Park by the Charles Town Jockey Club, in Chester, West Virginia, the track was renamed Mountaineer Park in 1987 and Mountaineer Race Track in 2001. Mountaineer is ...

Parx Racing, formerly Philadelphia Park, was known as Keystone Racetrack from its opening day on November 4, 1974 until International Thoroughbred Breeders (ITB) purchased the Bensalem oval on Dec. 28 ...

Located in New Kent County, Colonial Downs is Virginia's only pari-mutuel Thoroughbred racetrack. Over 80 percent of the Summer Thoroughbred races are held over the Secretariat Turf Course, which at ...

Lawrence (Larry) Best is the founder and chairman of OXO Equine. He has seved as the chief financial officer of Boston Scientific, a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical devices; and Best ...

As much as parts of the country is looking at snow and freezing temperatures, the 2026 turf racing season will kick into gear with the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes, the first Grade 1 ...

The Southwest Stakes is a race for 3-year-olds on the Road to the Kentucky Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. The race is conducted over 1 1/16 miles on the dirt. It was named in reference to ...