Katherine Mooney's "Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack" discusses the meteoric rise of early horse racing and illuminates how slavery became an inseparable aspect ...

Photo by Skip Dickstein -- Shaun Bridgemohan pumps his fist on the way to winning the 2002 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Evening Attire at Belmont Park September 28, 2002.

You can wear casual clothing to the race, but avoid cut-offs or tank tops in the dining areas. Typically, men wear suits and women wear dresses. Extravagant hats don't feature as prominently here ...

Evening Attire won the Queens County in 2001 and finished second in the 2003 and 2004 runnings. He is a New York horse through and through, one that owns at least one stakes race win over all four ...

For the truly adventurous, Ross turns to Jimbo's Custom Blazers, a Kentucky-based business that creates custom jackets for men. From a rose print to horse race scenes, if you want to get noticed ...

So much for the notion that the 3-year-olds are better than their elders. In New York’s first major confrontation between the divisions, the older horses came out on top, as Evening Attire sc… ...

Formal Attire debuted at Aqueduct for a $25,000 claiming price on Dec. 30 and was eased, but was not placed on the New York Racing Association Vet’s List because he did cross the wire and showed ...

The Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Kentucky with in person races Nov. 4-5. Here's what to know to dress for a day at the horse races.

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is at the Kentucky Derby this weekend. Looking dapper in a striped suit jacket, bow tie, and brimmed hat, Ortiz smiled in front of a wall of flowers in ...

An Excerpt From 'Race Horse Men' August 01, 2014 This ... Racing men of the 1880s turned to the great jockeys of the past to find a rider like him. The elderly Gilpatrick, ...