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 ...

Turning into the final corner at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, trainer Michael McCarthy, an Arcadia native and ...

And Michael McCarthy, Journalism's trainer, has been in the game long enough to know horses like this don't come along very often. He says Journalism is his best shot so far at winning a derby on ...

McCarthy has pledged to donate a portion of any Derby winnings to Win Place Home, a 501(c)(3) aftercare organization based in Southern California that retrains and rehomes off-track Thoroughbreds.

Since leaving Pletcher, moving back to Southern California and opening his own barn in 2014, McCarthy has had one Kentucky Derby starter. Endlessly earned a shot at the Derby in 2024 by winning ...

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 ...