Neil Milbert

Last fall suburban Chicago owner-breeders Frank Calabrese and Jim Tafel achieved racing world renown when their respective horses won Breeders' Cup championship races. Saturday afternoon Arlington Park will present three...

If reporters who cover college football for the Tribune have it right, 2007 will be the year of the Wolverine in the Big Ten. A survey to pick the best...

After making New York racing history in June when Rags to Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont since 1905, trainer Todd Pletcher will attempt to pull off...

*HORSE RACING: Gretchen Jackson, who bred and owned 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, will receive the Penny Chenery Distinguished Women in Racing Award at an Arlington Park luncheon on Thursday...

Arlington Park wants to cut into Hawthorne Race Course's fall thoroughbred schedule in 2008. The deadline for submitting applications to the Illinois Racing Board for next year's dates was Tuesday...

Santos rides off to retirement Jose Santos, the jockey who brought out the best in Funny Cide in the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, is following the gelding into retirement....

When Phil Langley was a little boy in Elkhorn, Wis., he fell in love with harness racing. On Sunday in Goshen, N.Y., Langley will be honored for his achievements and...

There were no horseplayers in the house, but the show went on without them Friday night when Hawthorne Race Course opened its summer harness meeting. Although the track was closed...

Father's Day came a day early for Steven Louis Kintz. Kintz co-owns Lady Belsara, and son Steven Matthew Kintz trains the 4- year-old filly. They and several family members and...

The Belmont lost its feel-good story line when Barrington owner-breeder Jim Tafel and trainer Carl Nafzger decided against trying to avenge Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense's photo-finish loss to Curlin...