Horse racings winningest jockey retires HOLLYWOOD: Panamanian jockey Laffit Pincay Jnr, whose record 9,530 victories in a 39-year career included four Triple Crown triumphs, has retired from horse racing after breaking his neck in a spill Pincay won the 1984 Kentucky Derby, claimed three Belmont Stakes victories and was inducted into thoroughbred racings Hall of Fame in 1975 On December 10, 19, Pincay became the winningest jockey in history when he rode Irish Nip to victory at Hollywood Park On October 29, 20, Pincay reached the 9,0-win mark AFP

Magna announced the launch of Horse Racing TV, a 24-hour cable network featuring exclusive TV coverage of the 15 daily races at Magna tracks, odds and race results, and post-parades The racing channel anticipates delivering a race every three to five minutes The racing industry boasts a core fan base of over 65 million, yet only 10 8 percent consider themselves avid race fans

Thirty years ago, Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat into horse racing history as the sport's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years SHNS recently caught up with Turcotte who still lives and breathes horse racing Q: Is Secretariat the greatest horse ever? Turcotte: Pretty badly Turcotte: I would re-institute the longer races Trainers today, they don't breed horses for distance

McFadden believes that Buddy Gil´s status works to his advantage McFadden said he has no regrets about castrating Buddy Gil Joining Buddy Gil in the 17-horse field is Funny Cide, who is trained by Barclay Tagg I love geldings Mullins is pleased with Buddy Gil´s post position of No 8 Buddy Gil tries the gate Buddy Gil spent time Thursday morning getting familiar with the Churchill Downs starting gate

MOONYOONOOKA girl Jane Cooper plans a double-barrelled celebration with husband Trent after tomorrow's grand final of the Polocrosse World Cup at Warwick It's a big family sport, always has been," Jane said Jane, who has also played polo, says the only similarity between that sport and polocrosse is "the horses" Today's World Cup semi-finals - 11am: Australia v Zimbabwe; 2pm: New Zealand v South Africa Tomorrow - 9am: Team 5 v Team 6; 11 30am: Team 3 v Team 4; 12 45pm: Australian clubs final; 2 30pm: World Cup Final

Pre-race mishaps can knock any horse out of the Derby -- a fact Hollendorfer knows all too well In 20, Spiral Stakes winner Globalize looked like he would become Hollendorfer's first Derby starter "Everybody has problems," Hollendorfer said Hollendorfer wasn't thinking Derby or Preakness when Eye of the Tiger first arrived in his barn Without a flinch, Hollendorfer picked No 13