(CNN) — Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race. Alvarado was found to have ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A jockey has been suspended 60 days for misusing his whip — not on a horse — but on another rider in a race at an Arkansas track. A stewards’ ruling posted Thursday on the ...

July 12 (Reuters) - The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) published a list of recommendations on Tuesday relating to the use of the whip, saying jockeys must only use it in a backhand position and ...

A man who was loitering in a portable bathroom in Washington Township on Monday night admitted to using “whip-its” to get high and was found in possession of ammunition, a knife, pills and over a ...

The California Horse Racing Board unanimously adopted a new rule during its monthly meeting Thursday at Santa Anita that prohibits a jockey from using a riding crop in any manner except “as a ...