Horse racing

Ethiopia’s Girma sets indoor world record in 3,000m

Feb. 15, 2023 06:56 PM EST
LIEVIN, France (AP) — Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma broke a 25-year-old indoor world record in the 3,000 meters on Wednesday at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais....

Today in Sports History: Week Ahead, Sept. 16-22

By The Associated Press Sep. 15, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 16 1885 — The America’s Cup is successfully defended by U.S. yacht Puritan as it beats Britain’s Genesta in two heats. 1926 — Henri...

Mark Todd to face disciplinary hearing over hitting a horse

Mar. 22, 2022 12:52 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Mark Todd, a two-time Olympic champion in equestrian and now a notable racehorse trainer, will face a disciplinary hearing on Thursday after a video on...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 22 1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif. 1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:13 AM EST
Feb. 22 1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif. 1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...

FILE - Mark Todd, of New Zealand, riding Leonidas II, competes in the equestrian eventing team show jumping phase at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 9, 2016. Two-time Olympic equestrian champion Mark Todd has temporarily lost his license as a racehorse trainer pending an investigation into a video showing him striking a horse with a branch. The British Horseracing Authority has imposed the interim suspension on the 65-year-old New Zealander preventing him from racing horses in Britain or internationally. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Olympic great Todd loses training license for hitting horse

Feb. 16, 2022 06:48 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Nov. 04, 2021 04:54 PM EDT
Nov. 5 1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall. ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:31 PM EDT
July 2 1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million...

New Mexico lawmakers turn attention to horse racing

By Susan Montoya Bryan Jun. 25, 2021 04:13 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Legislative analysts say New Mexico horse racing regulators have more to do if they want to further reduce the number of racehorse...

Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. reacts after crossing the finish line to win the 128th running of the Metropolitan horse race, Saturday, June 5, 2021, At Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

The Latest: Essential Quality rallies to win Belmont Stakes

Jun. 05, 2021 02:01 PM EDT

Flavien Prat atop Rombauer reacts after winning the 146th Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Will Newton)

Prat honors commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie in Belmont

By Stephen Whyno Jun. 02, 2021 02:33 PM EDT

New York Knicks' Derrick Rose (4) makes a 3-point shot as Atlanta Hawks' Bogdan Bogdanovic (13) defends during the fourth quarter of Game 2 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in New York. (Elsa/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Del Mar to open summer season at full capacity

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 10:57 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 27, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. ...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 03:52 PM EDT
Newsday. May 17, 2021. Editorial: Vaccines in, masks out It’s time for everyone to see you smile again. ...