One horse, Northern Dancer, did complete the one-and-a-quarter-mile track in exactly two minutes. After Secretariat’s record time of one minute and 59.4 seconds, the horse went on to win the ...

The Kentucky Derby post draw was last Saturday, which gives those betting on the Kentucky Derby more time to evaluate the horses and their starting positions. While studying the Kentucky Derby ...

The Northern Scene column will take a bit of a ... is rated 117 - may look rather lofty for a horse for whose 4 career successes have come in novices at Redcar and Carlisle, a Southwell handicap ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A former professional dancer is to step out of retirement to return to the Darlington stage that inspired him to take up his career.

Post Nos. 5 and 20 generally have the best win percentage (10.5% each) for Derby horses. But last year, neither position produced a top-five horse. When it comes to a top-three placing ...

Six of the 10 horses were bred in Kentucky, but Secretariat was bred in Virginia, and the third-fastest Derby winner (Northern Dancer), whose previous record Secretariat broke, was bred in Canada.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Tickets for Defender Burghley Horse Trials are now on sale, organisers have announced. Held in the glorious setting of Burghley's historic ...

Street Dancer is a 3yo b unknown from United States trained by Gustavo Delgado, who is based at . It is sired by the stallion Mckinzie out of the dam Claravoyant. Street Dancer is yet to break its ...

Supreme Dancer is a 2yo ch unknown from Ireland trained by R A Fahey, who is based at Malton. It is sired by the stallion Supremacy out of the dam Dancewithastranger. Supreme Dancer is yet to break ...

Veiled women ululated as the blare of trumpets and booms of hunting guns filled the air, heralding the approach of the emir in a huge procession of horseback riders draped in colourful robes and ...

Each contingent of the procession led by the district heads "has its own different system of decoration for the horses and the horse riders," Wada Alhaji, the chief of staff to the emir ...