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n part 3 of our tour of Newmarket, John Berry takes us on a tour of the jumps training area and the Limekilns. Newmarket is everything we know it to be now because of the wide expanses of grass outside the town and the Limekilns is possibly the best area of it all. Composed of hundreds of acres, the grassland is centuries old and absolutely perfect for turf training. Over the summer, all the horses, including all the famous horses, have done their fast work on Newmarket's grasses as it...

Santa Anita re-opened for racing on May 15th with proper social distancing measures in place. Take a look at how the first weekend panned out.

Home in self-quarantine, the TDN Europe staff has had time to do a lot of thinking. Today, the ponder who their favorite horse of all time was, and share it with all of us. A roundtable conversation from the comfort of their homes, the TDN Europe writers discuss great horses like Sea The Stars, Sea Of Class, Frankel, and Montjeu, elaborating on their greatest performances and why they earned the title of their favourite horses.

Following a victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff in 2018, a series of setbacks kept five-time GI winner Monomoy Girl from the starting gate for the next year and a half. But Monomoy Girl has been progressing in training after a third comeback, and is set to make her debut for the 2020 season. The five-time GI winner will be the star of Churchill Downs' opening day, facing six other fillies and mares in a one-mile $80,000 allowance optional claimer. Her competition includes dual stakes winner Fashion Faux Pas (Flatter),...

"On my first trip to the Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center, better known as KESMARC, I was actually there to see a Jack Russell Terrier receive a hyperbaric chamber treatment. Troy Hamilton, who operates the chamber and oversees around 1,000 treatments per year, was kind enough to explain the process to me and describe the chamber's many benefits. He also regaled me with tales of some of the greats he had the pleasure to work with, such as Blame and Stephanie's Kitten. I only met owner and founder...

Most of us are quarantined at home. Alix Choppin is quarantined at home...in Chantilly. What's the difference? Come along and see. Chantilly is the largest training center in the world with 5,000 acres of land containing sand and grass canters for both light and more serious training. Horses like Waldgiest, Watch Me, Goldikova, and Dalakhani have prepared for their big races on these grounds. Riders are treated with gorgeous scenery, stunning sunrises and a beautiful castle while running in Chantilly. It is no wonder that this land is on every...

Andrew Balding, Ed Walker, Roger Teal and Joseph O'Brien share footage with us of a morning in their yard during lockdown. While racing is still banned and the world remains under quarantine, the yards are still as busy as ever. Britain's beloved race horses still need to be taken care of as well as continue to train for when the tracks reopen. Yard workers tend to and run the horses while practicing social distancing and taking other precautionary measures. The horse racing industry is very fortunate to continue to do...

RRacehorse trainer John Berry, the former mayor of Newmarket, takes us on a tour and teaches us some history along the way. In Part II of the Newmarket Gallops Tour, Berry takes us to Warren Hill which considered the center of Newmarket, or as center as you can get considering the vast number of gallops and acres. Warren Hill consists of several canters going uphill, long ways, and other exercise grounds. Though the canters are different, the picturesque view from the paths is the same as it was centuries ago.

In part one of a two-video series, Ross Birkett takes us on a tour of Newmarket Heath focusing on the gallops used by trainers based on Racecourse side of town. Our guide, Birkett, has the advantage of having been born and bred in Newmarket allowing him the opportunity to ride in Newmarket's Racecourse side since he was 13 years old. Over the course of his riding career he has learned not only the layout of the Newmarket Heath and all of its gallops, but also the history of landmarks and...

Beholder's two-year-old colt by Uncle Mo, Q B One, is at Santa Anita in Richard Mandella's barn. Zoe Cadman introduces us to him. "Oh yeah, he walks around telling everyone who his mother is," said trainer Richard Mandella, about the 2-year-old Q B One, a son of Uncle Mo, who arrived in his barn about two weeks ago. Considering the mother in question is a four-time Eclipse Award winner, three-time Breeders' Cup victor and weaver of infinite racetrack memories by the name of Beholder, there's much to crow about. But...

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy of America has launched a matching gift drive for its food pantry that will benefit backstretch workers at Belmont Park as they deal with the many challenges posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Donations to the food pantry made between now and June 6 will be matched up to $25,000 by a member of the New York Racing Association (NYRA) Board of Directors. That gives the Chaplaincy the potential to raise up to $50,000 for its pantry, one of the few in the area...

He's one of Britain's most popular horses, known for his astonishing winning streak at Brighton. Emma and John Berry report in on fan favorite Roy Rocket, still going strong at age 10. Follow Roy on Twitter @Roy_Rocket