As a racing enthusiast and an ardent lover of the equine athlete, I’ve always maintained that horse racing commentary is by far the most challenging and complex to undertake in the sporting world.

Racing's inherent dangers help to explain certain phenomena; from why it's prohibitively expensive to keep a valuable stud prospect like Justify in training, to why the language of the sport is ...

With the Cheltenham Festival soon upon us, Dan Fitch looks at some of horse racing's funniest commentaries. Of all the sports to commentate on, horse racing is surely the most difficult. Firstly, the ...

The following commentary was submitted by Maggi Moss, a longtime Thoroughbred owner and advocate for racehorse aftercare. Moss, an attorney, has raced a stable of Thoroughbreds at Indiana Grand Race ...

The Front Runner, Chris Cook's popular daily email, was recently named the specialist/regional newsletter of the year at the Press Gazette's Future of Media Awards. Written principally by our ...

The Front Runner is our morning email exclusively for Members' Club Ultimate subscribers, written today by Chris Cook and available here as a free sample. Subscribers can get more great insight, tips ...

The brilliant growl that accompanied Mucho Macho Man as he crossed the line at the Breeders' Cup was the perfect end to one of the great calls of all-time. Veteran US commentator Larry Collmus put his ...

Forever Young, 7-2 on the morning line, looks poised to give Japan its first victory in America’s richest thoroughbred race Saturday at Del Mar.

Billy Slater has confirmed he will be back on horseback at this year’s Melbourne Cup in news that has left the horse racing ...

Matthew Hill is the new voice of feature Melbourne racing after being appointed by Racing.com and Racing Victoria Limited in a restructure of the Victorian Thoroughbred Racing commentary team. Hill, ...

Recent stories, including in the Times Union, on the massive subsidization of the American horse racing industry have laid bare the economic unsustainability of racing in the 21st century. Lost in all ...