ARCADIA — There aren’t too many races in which Michael McCarthy is the young, up-and-coming trainer, the least accomplished of all the people saddling horses. But that’s the contest McCarthy ...

The Churchill Downs backstretch looks a bit different this year for trainer Michael ... said McCarthy of that 2010 Kentucky Derby. “I remember a great ride from Calvin Borel. The horse was ...

The Arcadia High alum will saddle favorite Journalism for Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby, with his sights on the Kentucky Derby.

The trainer is bringing just his second starter to the Run for the Roses, but he has other Triple Crown success on his resume, and before going out on his own McCarthy spent six years help Todd Pletch ...