After a near-fatal accident, on a horse the experts thought was nothing special, a determined rider from the wrong side of the tracks defies all the odds to pursue her dreams of winning a national ...

The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges ...

The overall fatality rate for horses racing at U.S. tracks is expected to drop for the first time to a rate below 1 horse per 1,000 starts at the end of 2024, according to figures provided by Lisa ...

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Where are we with the two-mile chasers now? Horses for the trackers and a look ahead to Cheltenham on Friday and Saturday. Ben Pauling hasn’t ruled out bringing The Jukebox Man back to the ...