There are certain rules to naming racehorses. Mendoza, named after IU's Heisman winner Fernando, is a distinguished honor.

Following Fernando Mendoza's Heisman Trophy acceptance speech, a 2-year-old colt was dubbed Mendoza to carry a name meant to ...

Take a look to the Top 10 horse racing news and stories, these are the most compelling horse racing stories of 2025.

Perry Wayne Ouzts has more mounts aboard a racehorse than any other North American horseman. The Northern Kentucky-based ...

Patricia McQueen continues her popular series with a magisterial sweep of the equine legend’s lesser-known stakes-winning ...

O: Shamrock Stables, LLC (Rob Hutcherson), MJM Racing (Michael J. Mackin) and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek, et al.) ...

Here is a list of Louisville or southern Indiana natives who passed away in 2025, listed in order of their deaths.

Secretariat, the legendary racehorse, left an indelible mark as the quintessential American icon of horse racing. Capturing the elusive Triple Crown during five electric weeks in the spring of 1973, ...

Ron Turcotte, the jockey who rode Secretariat to a Triple Crown in 1973 and earned his place in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, died on Aug. 22 at age 84 A longtime representative for the ...

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the ...