SACRAMENTO — Friday night brought the last lap for horse racing at Cal Expo, with dozens of employees, including track announcer Scott Ehrlich, saying goodbye to the one-mile oval. Harness racing has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cal Expo's Board of Directors is expected to make a decision Friday on if harness racing will continue there or if it will be gone ...

Frank Stronach was a hands-on boss and always thinking of the future, his vision dominated by his love of horse racing. So, it was in that spirit that in 2006 he took Robert Hartman, his general ...

Horse racing is unique in how quickly it can take you from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, an experience on full display the weekend of June 7-9. The Belmont was held at Saratoga due to ...

California Thoroughbred racing is not short on talent, tradition or investment. What it increasingly risks losing, however, is something far more difficult to replace — its center of gravity. For ...

Harness driver Tyler Smith, riding No. 5 Emery Vern, moves past David Siegel, riding Hoosier Bogo, at Cal Expo in Sacramento in 2014. Harness racing and thoroughbred horse racing will not take place ...

The state looms large in the sport’s history, and its tracks are stunning. But horse racing in California is going broke. California racetracks like Santa Anita Park and Del Mar offer significantly ...

AND HERE’S A LOOK AT HOW IT ALL SHOOK DOWN IN THE LAST NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HORSE TO WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY WAS CALIFORNIA CHROME BACK IN 2014. IN FACT, NORCAL HORSE BREEDERS LIKE JUSTIN OLDFIELD OF ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future of harness racing is in jeopardy, as the Cal Expo Board of Directors will decide if it stays, or ends forever.