Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden, who won the Triple Crown aboard Count Fleet in 1943 and was the only man to ride and train a Kentucky Derby winner, died Friday on his 96th birthday. Longden died ...

Scripting your finish is unequal parts luck and brilliance. Peyton Manning just did it. So did Ted Williams, John Elway and John Wooden. Saturday commemorates the 50-year anniversary of another ...

His first book, Diana’s Story (1989), was a moving account of his life with his first wife, whom he had married in 1957 and who later developed a mysterious illness which was eventually diagnosed as a ...

Eric Longden, son of riding legend Johnny Longden, died at his home in Carlsbad Nov. 8, according to his widow Sue. He was 67. Longden had suffered from Lou’s Gehrig’s disease (amyotrophic lateral ...

No matter the Santa Anita Handicap is being run for the 79th time or the San Felipe Stakes is the most intriguing race for 3-year-olds offered so far in 2016. Anything that happens Saturday at Santa ...

Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden, who won the Triple Crown aboard Count Fleet in 1943 and was the only man to ride and train a Kentucky Derby winner, died yesterday on his 96th birthday in Banning, ...

Funeral services for Johnny Longden will be held Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Duarte Road and Holly Avenue in Arcadia. Longden died on Feb. 14, his 96th birthday. A ...

In 1941, when he was just 19, Longden manned the control desk for the King’s Christmas broadcast, having been firmly told that on no account was he to speak to His Majesty. “He was very nervous and ...