After his hard-fought victory in the Claiming Crown Rapid Transit last November at Churchill Downs, Like a Saltshaker was ...

Following two years of bad weather, with snowfall at Churchill Downs in 2022 and rain at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in 2023 knocking races off the turf, the Claiming Crown could not have ...

In a collaboration to further increase the popularity of the Claiming Crown series for racing's blue-collar horses, Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va. will host an eight-race Claiming Crown Preview ...

That was trainer Brittany Vanden Berg as she watched the replay of the 6-year-old gelding Like a Saltshaker’s finish in last fall’s $140,000 Claiming Crown Rapid Transit. Except that Vanden ...

Veteran trainer Al Stall Jr. will have his first horse in the Claiming Crown when the 5-year-old gelding Hoodlum starts in Saturday’s $100,000 Kent Stirling Iron Horse Memorial at Churchill Downs.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not run in the Preakness Stakes, officials announced Tuesday, meaning there won’t be a Triple Crown champion for a seventh consecutive year. “We received ...

Like a Saltshaker (Peace and Justice) was named the Claiming Crown Horse of the Year by Claiming Crown co-founders National Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association (NHBPA) and the Thoroughbred ...