The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

The beady-eyed athletes scan an unfamiliar wind-swept prairie from behind the starting gate. They’ve prepared for this day ...

Breeding, raising and competing with homing pigeons is a beloved hobby for the members of the Omaha Racing Pigeon Association ...

The road to the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships continues this weekend with eight major races split between Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky and Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — Of the more than 300 different types of pigeons, 20 of them are represented at the Virginia State Fair this year. Fair visitors can expect to see different show birds and ...

Ted Noffey, winner of the Grade 1 Hopeful at Saratoga, will try to stretch out in Saturday's Grade 1, $650,000 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. Ted Noffey (middle) was a dominant winner of the Grade 1 ...

Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer, is really gearing up for the Breeders’ Cup, and his main juvenile contender, Brant, is central to his game plan. So, the two-year-old colt from Zedan Racing ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Five Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races headline a busy weekend on American racetracks and, on the global scene, top-level racing returns to ...

That question started the 60-year hobby of raising pigeons for Wes Pfadenhauer of West Burlington. Pfadenhauer, who had a variety of pigeons for sale at Sunday’s final Des Moines County Flea Market of ...

After winning Germany’s Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden on Sept. 7, Resolute Racing’s Goliath is possible for both the Breeders’ Cup Turf and Japan Cup, reports Racing Post. Under jockey Clement ...

The old adage ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ can easily apply to Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Season, which begins on Thursday, Oct. 30 and includes the 42nd running of the Breeders’ Cup World ...

Del Mar’s summer racing season ends this weekend with a reminder that the horses will be back at the North San Diego County track in a big way very soon. On Sunday, closing day, the $300,000, Grade I ...