Mary Eddy

This spring marks the 47th consecutive year Ribaudo has saddled horses at Belmont, continuing a storied career that has seen him win races on the sport’s biggest stages. Ribaudo’s nearly half-century run at Belmont dates back to his first starter over Big Sandy when Mr. International won a claiming race on May 6, 1976.

Mary Eddy

​Each May, Mental Health Awareness Month is recognized nationwide to bring attention to the importance of mental healthcare. Among the many therapies available to those with mental health struggles is equine assisted therapy, a horsemanship-based program that provides support to patients.

Jim Reisler

Many in the crowd of 43,416 fans who filed into Aqueduct Racetrack on April 21, 1973 for the 49th running for the Wood Memorial were expecting a rout.

Jim Reisler

Few other horses ever kicked off their 3-year-old season with the kind of fanfare that greeted Meadow Stable’s Secretariat 50 years ago.

Jim Reisler

Sentell “Sonny” Taylor, Jr., who went to work for the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) as an assistant clocker on April 15, 1964 at Aqueduct Racetrack and built a career of nearly six decades as a racing official and ambassador for the sport, has announced his retirement.

Jim Reisler

On the road to the Triple Crown 50 years ago this spring, Secretariat did something unusual in his next-to-last tune-up race, the $50,000 1-mile Gotham on April 7, 1973 at Aqueduct.