Ron Gierkink is based in Toronto and covers Woodbine as a handicapper and reporter. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1988.

The last story, an obituary if you will, is something no one wants to write about a racetrack. But sadly, the end will finally come to Pompano Park in a few short weeks, as the realization that ...

New Mexico has five racinos – racetracks with some casino gaming – sprinkled throughout the state: Albuquerque Downs (or The Downs), Ruidoso Downs, Sunland Park, Sunray Park, and Zia Park.

Updated: June 18, 2025. Weekly thoroughbred horse racing divisional ratings by Marcus Hersh for Daily Racing Form. Horses must have at least one start in North America in order to be ranking.

Mystik Dan, winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby, will stand at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Ky., upon the conclusion of his ongoing racing career, the farm announced on Monday.

In a span of eight days trainer Brad Cox watched both his unbeaten 3-year-old fillies go down to defeat. Good Cheer won her first seven before finishing a flat fifth June 6 in the Acorn Stakes.

The Thursday feature at Churchill Downs, race 8, runs through trainer Brad Cox, who sends Destino d'Oro out for her first start since she took a narrow defeat last October in the Jessamine Stakes ...

She's Lookin Lucky was a pretty good dirt horse. But her trainer, Matt Shirer, thought untapped talent remained. In 2024 he focused on turf racing with She's Lookin Lucky, and she has turned out ...

Chad Brown came into Saturday with 24 turf stakes wins at Monmouth Park since 2020, 17 more than the next-highest total for a trainer. Brown came out of Saturday with two more turf stakes wins, as ...

When France's leading trainer Francis-Henri Graffard ran Mandanaba in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, surely he hoped to win France's 1000 Guineas. But the Pouliches also served as a means to an ...

Judge a horse by the company she keeps and Bourbon Breeze rates an upset chance in the featured eighth race Sunday at Churchill. She's entered under an $80,000 claiming option Sunday in a 6 1/2 ...

Steven Crist has been the publisher and a columnist for Daily Racing Form since 1998. Previously, he covered racing for The New York Times from 1981-1990; was founding editor-in-chief of The ...