"It's humbling to think that our new championship course, Old Petty, will rest on such historically rich ground." The recent ...

Here are five things you probably don’t know about this chariot-tastic classic. Though Ben-Hur was part of the 1950s and ’60s ...

Most folks just remember Charlton Heston and the chariot race, but trust us, Ben-Hur is the perfect Easter and Jesus movie.

Roman started Saturday’s (April 5) 10-race card with a one-win lead over Robert Halledeen at 20-19. He rode four winners to push his tally to 24 wins, further solidifying his position at the top ...

"Legend has it that the chariot races at Rome's Circus Maximus stadium in the sixth century [BCE] were traditionally run clockwise until an unlucky chariot racer accidentally hit emperor Nero in ...

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

Previously held on Epsom Handicap Day, the Roman Consul Stakes now takes place on Hill Stakes Day with racing at the meeting headlined by the $2 million Group 2 Hill Stakes (1900m). Those horses that ...

Pictured from top: a relief from Ashurbanipal’s palace showing him in a chariot; a fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh, telling the story of a great flood; the Royal Game of Ur board game ...