Articles written by BarbaraAnne Helberg
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Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Muscle Hill cruised to the Standardbred Breeders Crown title. He is being mentioned with the very greats of harness racing, and should easily capture Horse of the Year. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Trainer Greg Peck on Muscle Hill: "...a lot of people have said to me that he's the greatest trotter they've ever seen". The colt will finish in the Breeders Crown. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
American Thoroughbred trainers continue to debate the advisability of synthetics and racing females against males, while European races regularly feature such contests. more...
Showherthemoney Wins the Jugette: A Daughter of A Jugette Winner Adds History to Delaware Jug Events
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Standardbred pacer Showherthemoney straightened out her erratic gait and became the first daughter of a previous champion to win Delaware, Ohio's prestigious Jugette. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Owners decided their pacing stars could handle multiple heats at the Little Brown Jug, which drew all four of the season's top pacers. The purse was up from last season. more...
Category: Parenting Resources (general)
Parents looking for different names for a new baby boy can check ancient cultures for choices. Greek, Hebrew, German, Celtic, and Italian roots appear in many names. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Ron Pierce vaulted to second place in 2009 earnings behind victories with Well Said and Judge Joe in the Meadowlands Pace and the Yonkers. He is chasing Tim Tetrick. more...
Muscle Hill Takes World Trotting Derby: Vintage Master Wins Cane Pace – Check Season Speed Leaders
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
While Muscle Hill continued to dominate the trotting class in the World Derby, Vintage Master pulled off a major victory in the Cane Pace, a pacing Triple Crown event. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Where there is a survey and discussion, is there help for the horse? The plight of unwanted Thoroughbreds and other working equines grows dimmer as concerns expand. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Albatross, Precious Bunny, and Cam's Card Shark raced at this year's Henry County Fair via their offspring, who represented these great racers and revered stallions. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Leading at the stretch, Indiana filly I'm Loaded, driven by Greg Bateson, was overcome by the explosive kick of Hustlin Hooray in Henry County Fair harness racing. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Hi Hopes Cruiser won his fourth race from ten career starts at the Henry County Fair in Ohio for the Suggs, training family of pacing Triple Crown champ No Pan Intended. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Turfer Forever Together took serious aim at a grass championship by winning the Diana Stakes, while Kensei also triumphed at Saratoga. Cardashi won at Penn National. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Although 2004 Belmont Stakes champion Birdstone is the stallion of the season, classmates Lion Heart and Smarty Jones are also getting two- and three-year-old winners. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Pioneerof the Nile survived his 2009 top rating and injury. Although he slumped after winning the Santa Anita Derby, he dodged disaster. Will he be a desired stallion? more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Not Enough scored a squeaker win over Yellow Diamond in the Fan Hanover. Federal Flex went ill after the Goodtimes, and Celebrity Deville impressed Elegantimage fans. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Driving Well Said, Ron Pierce watched the final at June's North America Cup set up perfectly for his colt, and they blasted to the winner's circle in record time. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Dominant performances by Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, piloted by regular jockeys Calvin Borel and Mike Smith, kept the two female stars on an honors collision course. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Quiet American daughter Seattle Smooth switched from artificial surfaces racing to traditional dirt in the East and continues her initial success for Mercedes Stables. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Garrett Gomez and Javier Castellano picked up pretigious wins on Belmont Stakes day with Gio Ponti and Gabby's Golden Gal, respectively. Oldster Better Talk Now showed. more...
Category: Equestrian
Bettina Hoy took second at Lexington with Ringwood Cockatoo (Cocky), while Bruce (Buck) Davidson, Jr. finished third with My Boy Bobby. more...
Birdstone Gets Triple Double In 2009 Classics: Stallion Duplicates Count Fleet's 1951 Score
Category: Horse Breeds
Triple Crown winner Count Fleet sired the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes victors of 1951. In 2009, Birdstone became the first stallion to match that accomplishment. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
While Derby victor Mine That Bird ran a bit rank for jockey Calvin Borel, his half brother Summer Bird helped Kent Desormeaux put past Belmont Stakes performances aside. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In 2004, sure thing Smarty Jones lost the Belmont Stakes by a length after seemingly surviving the race's too-early speed and bursting to a long lead coming home. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Standardbred racing lost a pacing giant in May when Maltese Artist broke down at Western Fair Raceway during a Molson Pace elimination round. His injuries were fatal. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Rachel Alexandra majority owner Jess Jackson believes his Preakness victor needs time off. She won't meet Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird in the Belmont Stakes. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Creme Fraiche is the only gelding to win the Belmont Stakes, while fillies Ruthless, Tanya, and Rags to Riches also won. Seven females have trained Belmont starters. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Longshots have had their day in all the Triple Crown races. Sarava and Edgar Prado won the 2002 Belmont Stakes at 70-1 odds, while ending War Emblem's Triple Crown bid. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Kent Desormeaux took Parading to the winner's circle on the Preakness day undercard. Affirmatif and Everyday Heroes won three-year-old turf and sprint races. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Jockey Kent Desormeaux won the inaugural Pimlico Jockey Challenge the day before the Preakness Stakes. Belmont riders are unsecured for 'Bird and Chocolate Candy. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Borel claimed Rachel Alexandra didn't handle the track well at Pimlico in the 134th Preakness Stakes. Trainers were impressed by the filly's grit under pressure. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
A week full of drama and speculation ended appropriately as the filly Rachel Alexandra stayed dramatically, piloted by the jockey who won the Derby aboard her rival. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Drama has a strong pedigree from his grandparents and great-grandparents. Disqualified from winning the Swale Stakes and recovered from injury, he's Preakness ready. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Winning Kentucky Derby jockey Calvin Borel has dumped the 'Bird to stay with his unbeaten lady, Rachel Alexandra, for the Preakness. Mike Smith gets the Derby champion. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Every so often, a Thoroughbred comes along who is charismatic, beautiful, and well connected. Barbaro was such a champion, ridden by Edgar Prado, trained by Michael Matz. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
First pointed to the Preakness, Mr. Fantasy may be headed to the Metropolitan Handicap instead. Holy Bull son Hull will join the Preakness line-up with filly Rachel A. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Calvin Borel called Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra the best he's ridden and Stonestreet Stables promptly bought her. The brilliant filly is on the Preakness list. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Just the ninth gelding in Kentucky Derby history to win the Run for the Roses, Mine That Bird joined a cast with speed pedigrees in Funny Cide and 1929's Clyde Van Dusen. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Hooh Why won her first stakes in the Ashland and Medaglia d' Oro daughter Rachel Alexandra rolled over her competition in the Fantasy Stakes by nearly nine lengths. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The first running of the Eight Belles Stakes on the Kentucky Derby Day undercard May 2 featured Just Jenda, a filly trained by Eight Belles conditioner Larry Jones. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Jockey Calvin Borel won his second Derby in three years. Mine That Bird set Derby records for winner's payoff and margin of victory. A.P. Indy scratched in 1992. more...
Category: Horse Training
In their world of man-dominated things, domesticated horses display an extraordinary amount of sensitivity to their surroundings and easily are made happy by mankind. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
The Florida Derby has served as a launching pad for Big Brown, Barbaro, Monarchos, Thunder Gulch, and Unbridled. B. A. Jones conditioned two 1940s Triple Crown champs. more...
Clocking the Kentucky Derby: Fastest Twelve Nineteenth Century Horses -- Secretariat Still Reigns
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Secretariat remains unmatched in speed for the 1-1/4 miles of the Kentucky Derby. He also would have beaten every horse's speed in a Derby run at 1-1/2 miles. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Calumet Farm is the leading winning stable of the Kentucky Derby. The race's ceremonial roses were first presented in official form in 1932, honoring Burgoo King. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
In the short lineage outlook, Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Chocolate Candy has a winning Kentucky Derby pedigree. Trained by Jeff Mullins, I Want Revenge has steady genes. more...
Kentucky Derby Champion Barbaro: Michael Matz Took Dynaformer Son to Winner's Circle in 2006
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A strong stallion pedigree and a show jumper performer-turned-Thoroughbred-trainer paved the way for Dynaformer's son Barbaro to reach the Kentucky Derby wire in front. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Three outstanding Kentucky Derby champions from the 1980s were fillies Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988), and Alysheba (1987), who won after throat surgery. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Purchased as a yearling for $250, the brown gelding Vagrant, son of a mare named Lazy, was anything but listless. From eighty-eight posts, he earned forty-four placings. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The game-plan of H.P. McGrath in the first Kentucky Derby held May 17, 1875 was to let his stable "rabbit" take the lead to set up his star, Chesapeake. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert was voted into the national Hall of Fame from his first ballot. Tiznow won over Point Given and Best Pal. Maple joins from 4,398 wins. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In the third decade of the Twentieth Century, the Thoroughbred Man o' War enjoyed his second season of domination. Only a horse named Upset ever beat him. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Pensive, Ponder, and Needles completed the second father-son triple Kentucky Derby championship. Reigh Count, Count Fleet, and Count Turf accomplished the first triple. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
While entries for the 2009 Kentucky Derby may not be settled until May 2, when twenty Thoroughbreds gather at the gate, graded stakes earnings qualifiers keep shifting. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Thoroughbred horsemen generally don't favor a horse with white ankles, pasterns, or legs. Bone structure is suspect in such an animal, unless he's Secretariat. more...
1970s Kentucky Derby Winners: Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed Dominated the Decade
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Secretariat's 1973 Derby record time still stands. Seattle Slew was called Baby Huey. Affirmed stood firm against Alydar. Riva Ridge was Secretariat's stablemate. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
General Quarters qualified his 75-year-old owner-trainer for a Kentucky Derby for the first time. Papa Clem bided his time before gliding into No. 5 in money and rank. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Swale, son of Seattle Slew, was short-lived. Spend a Buck had six names. Winning Colors was a filly. These Thoroughbreds had something in common: Kentucky Derby wins. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Bundles of champions like Northern Dancer, Secretariat, Buckpasser, and Bold Ruler show up in the pedigrees of Kentucky Derby contenders Hold Me Back and Friesan Fire. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Kelly Leak's pedigree isn't as fancy as Friesan Fire's and his Sunland win didn't qualify him to run with the top three colts, FF, Quality Road, and Pioneerof The Nile. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Even though the Kentucky Derby is highly anticipated as the front end race of the Triple Crown, it is also a single global icon. Its victors gain lasting world acclaim. more...
Kentucky Derby Contenders 2009: Quality Road, Pioneerof The Nile, Friesan Fire Lead Strong Class
Category: Triple Crown Racing
With just three weekends of Kentucky Derby prep races left before the Run for the Roses, contenders Quality Road, Pioneerof The Nile, and Friesan Fire await May 2. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Jockey Garrett Gomez helped Pioneerof The Nile adjust and win. I Want Revenge overcame a troubled trip to get up in the Wood Memorial. Musket Man impressed in Illinois. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In the second month of the 2009 season, filly Evita Argentina whipped her colt competition in the San Vicente Stakes. What A Pear and Rocky Candy got second wins. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Pioneer of The Nile and The Pamplemousse match up in California's Santa Anita Derby. Musket Man is in Illinois. I Want Revenge and Imperial Council meet in New York. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Four Thoroughbreds won their second Kentucky Derby prep race in February, including Friesan Fire, Haynesfield, The Pamplemousse, and Chocolate Candy. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Quality Road delivered a quality win in the March 28 Florida Derby. The Raise a Native great-great grandson knocked out charging Dunkirk in a smooth driving win. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Square Eddie, Pioneerof The Nile, and Friesan Fire have top graded stakes earning eligibility for the Kentucky Derby. Only twenty horses can Run for the Roses. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A record 130 pounds was carried by seven previous Big 'Cap victors, including Seabiscuit. Triple Crown champion Citation carried top weight, 132 pounds, in a 1950 loss. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Godolphin Racing, striving for supremacy in Thoroughbred racing, paid millions to get Kentucky Derby hopefuls Midshipman and Vineyard Haven. But Desert Party kicked in. more...
Somebeach Gets Harness Horse of the Year: Tim Tetrick Garners Second Straight Top Driver Honors
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
SBSW, a pacing phenom, and driver Tim Tetrick, who scored 903 victories, were voted harness racing's Horse of the Year and Driver of the Year, respectively, for 2008. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Curlin came up golden for the second year in a row, voted 2008 Horse of the Year over Zenyatta and Big Brown. Benny the Bull surprised as Male Sprinter winner. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Muscles Yankee son Muscle Hill ran circles around his division competition this year, making Muscles Yankee the season's dominant sire. He is also daddy to Dewey. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Earnings of $1 million is a big figure in Standardbred racing . Allamerican Native's daughter A And G'sconfusion rallied to reach that plateau in the Breeders Crown. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Dewey couldn't fully recover from a throat ailment that kept him out of training. He went third at the Crown. Somebeach won handily. Both helped boost record revenues. more...
War Emblem Is Particular Suitor: Derby and Preakness Winner Spent Last Three Years Refusing Mares
Category: Horse Breeds
The 2002 Three-Year-Old Male Champion War Emblem was a slow starter in passing along his genes following his retirement from the track. Black Emblem is his latest winner. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
The top single stable ownerships that have earned the most dollars in Breeders' Cup races are led by Frank Stronach's Stronach Stables. Allen E. Paulson is second. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Danzig tops the list of sires who have produced the most Breeders' Cup starters, while Sadler's Wells, pensioned this year, leads the BC list of winners and earnings. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Although his name currently comes up less often, D. Wayne Lukas has no peer among Breeders' Cup trainers in starters and earnings categories. Bobby Frankel is second. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Breeders' Cup winners Albertus Maximus (Albert the Great) in the Dirt Mile and Dalakhani son Conduit in the Turf also have Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector sire lines. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Great racers can make great sires of more great racers. Real Quiet and E Dubai won prestigious races and sired Midnight Lute and Desert Code for great 2008 BC wins. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Proven sires produced this year's winners of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Filly and Mare Sprint and the BC Filly and Mare Turf, Ventura and Forever Together. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Raven's Pass pulled one of the Breeders' Cup World Championships' all-time great upsets by defeating Curlin. His bloodline includes Secretariat. Zenyatta was all power. more...
Be Smart Is Just Beginning: Smarty Jones' Daughter Couldn't Catch the Comet Named Stardom Bound
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In her juvenile year, Smarty Jones' daughter Be Smart wasn't ready to take on the star status of the gray daughter of Tapit, one of Smarty's old rivals from 2004. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup World Championships was a potential showcase for sons of the great Tiznow in the second annual Dirt Mile. None showed the killer kick of their daddy. more...
Street Boss Third In Breeders' Cup Sprint: Baffert's Midnight Lute Gave Trainer Three BC Wins
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A son of dual Triple Crown race winner Real Quiet, Midnight Lute soared to defend his Breeders' Cup Sprint title. Street Boss, son of Street Cry, was good for third. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
New on the card at 2008's Breeders' Cup World Championships was the Juvenile Fillies Turf event. It rendered a blazing finish. Heart Shaped caught early leader Laragh. more...
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint: Mr. Nightlinger's Six Wins Didn't Help In Santa Anita's Downhill
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Six and one half furlongs on grass going downhill, traveling across a dirt portion of the main track, and building a blistering :41.81 half mile did in Mr. Nightlinger. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Although unable to rally for a money place in the BC Juvenile Turf, D. Wayne Lukas-trained Ninth Client is well-pedigreed for a sophomore challenge at Churchill Downs. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. won't ask for the opinions of women trainers. Some male counterparts disagree with this attitude. Women trainers don't womanize the issue. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Citing his awareness of the value of Alysheba to American Thoroughbred fans, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah planned Derby victor Alysheba's generous return to U.S. soil. more...
Henrythenavigator Helps Euros Rule: In BC Classic History Tiznow Is King
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In American-sponsored Breeders' Cup Classic lore, Tiznow rules. Henrythenavigator helped European runners come to the fore by placing in one of five titles on October 25 more...
2008 Breeders' Cup Stories: Gomez, Smith, Dettori Lead Jockeys; Dancing Forever Has Best Story
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Garrett Gomez won his third (Bill) Shoemaker Award, while Mike Smith and Frankie Dettori scored two wins in the BC races. Dancing Forever was a miracle foal. more...
BC Filly & Mare Sprint and Turf Races: Ventura and Forever Together Score in Breeders' Cup Renewals
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Ventura and Forever Together captured wins in the Filly & Mare Breeders' Cup races, the new Sprint and the tenth edition of the Turf. Both winners are four-year-olds. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The 25th running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies was an eye-opener as Stardom Bound shot to stardom in less than two minutes in a commanding, sweeping victory. more...
Midnight Lute Repeats In BC Sprint: Real Quiet's Five-Year-Old Son Makes BC Race History
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Bob Baffert-trained Midnight Lute achieved a historic run in the Breeders' Cup Sprint October 25 in becoming the first horse to repeat in that world championship. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Curlin was gunning for back-to-back titles in the Breeders' Cup Classic, a feat accomplished only by Tiznow in the 25 years of the race. European runners dominated 2008. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Results of the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships saw Zenyatta run like a Horse of the Year, Curlin gamely lose, Stardom Bound give notice, Midshipman gain a medal. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Coming into the final turn ahead of the Breeders' Cup World Championships on October 25, Better Talk Now and Kip Deville look to rise again and Well Armed aims for dirt. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Breeders' Cup officials looked long at adding a turf sprint to the championships card. Trainers gave their pro-and-con opinions. Europe waited. Nineteen entered. more...
BC Juvenile Eligibles Promising: Square Eddie, Munnings, Elusive Bluff Benefit From Vineyard's Defer
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A long list of two-year-olds will benefit in this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile race in the absence of Vineyard Haven, a gray speedster who won the Champagne Stakes. more...
Dream Express Juvenile Entry A Tossup: Four Entries May Be Juvenile Contenders Instead of Turfers
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Final entrants for the Breeders' Cup World Championships will sort out in the next 24 hours. Today, as many as four juvenile fillies are a tossup for either dirt or turf. more...
F & M Turf Breeders Cup Eligibles: Dreaming of Anna Retired; Wait a While, Dynaforce Emerge
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
With leading older filly Dreaming of Anna retired, Wait a While and Dynaforce may challenge Mauralakana in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf . more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Meeting the challenge of all foes, and Santa Anita's new Pro-Ride surface, Zenyatta swooped to victory in the Lady's Secret Stakes to earn BC Ladies Classic status. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
The two colts with the long names that invoke the need for nicknames, Deweycheatumnhowe and Somebeachsomewhere, lead trotters and pacers in wins and earnings. more...
Big Brown Injured, Retired Before Breeders' Cup: Derby and Preakness Champ Injures Foot in Workout
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup match-up between Big Brown and Curlin is off. Brown injured his foot Monday, ending his super run; he's retired. Curlin stands alone on the BC stage. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Everyone in the Thoroughbred world wants to know if the Breeders' Cup will include a matchup between dual Triple Crown race champ Big Brown and reigning HOY Curlin. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Race track on site Thoroughbred veterinarian and surgeon Dr. Larry Bramlage says racing two-year-olds benefits bone and muscle growth in young horses. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
If Curlin stays away from the Breeders' Cup Classic, Colonel John may have an edge over Big Brown. C-John likes dirt and is comfortable and experienced on synthetics. more...
Spirit One Breeders' Cup Qualified: France's Star Won Arlington Million for BC Turf Ticket
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The International Festival of Racing at Arlington Park August 9 featured the Arlington Million Stakes. It served to make French star Spirit One eligible for the BC Turf. more...
Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint: Indian Blessing Leads Tentative Lineup of Tested Ladies
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Bob Baffert-trained Indian Blessing is sure to be in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Most lineups are tentative this soon before the October 24 and 25 races. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup World Championships will feature five races October 24 and another nine contests October 25. The synthetic suface Pro-Ride has replaced the dirt track. more...
Curlin Against Big Brown In Breeders' Cup?: Will World Championships Determine Horse of the Year?
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Will a much anticipated matchup between all-time money leader Curlin and young Triple Crown contender Big Brown come about at the Breeders' Cup next month? more...
Curlin Gets Horseracing Money Title: Horse of the Year Wins Jockey Club Gold Cup
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
On a muddy track in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Curlin cruised to set the all-time earnings record, surpassing the fabulous Cigar. Curlin has won $10 million in 15 races. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Past winners at the Little Brown Jug, the second race of pacing's Triple Crown series, reveal the pedigrees of current competitors. Race programs reveal the best bets. more...
Break Forced 2008 Jugette Race-off: Rules Governing A Standardbred Breaking Stride In A Race
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Good News Lady brought good news to Sprig Hanover in the 2008 Jugette when she broke stride in the second elimination heat. What does breaking stride mean to a race? more...
Discovery Was Iron Ruffian Was Fragile: Progeny Passed Strength and Fragility Genes to Ruffian
Category: How to Race Horses
Discovery, foaled in 1931, became known as "Iron Horse." He started 63 races and seemed made of metal. His blood flowed to Ruffian; so did the blood of Native Dancer. more...
Winning Driver John Campbell Speaks at Jug: About Deweycheatumnhowe And Little Brown Favorites
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
At the 63rd Annual Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio, elite harness racing driver John Campbell spoke about champion trotter Dewey and the Jug's (pacing) future winners. more...
Delaware Jug Jugette Barn Overseer Honored: William Millhoan Given Joseph Neville Memorial Award
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
A posthumous presentation was held at the 2008 Mayor's Breakfast September 17 in Delaware, Ohio to recognize Bill Millhoan and his contributions to local harness racing. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
With the absence of Somebeachsomewhere in the Little Brown Jug, Cane Pace champion Art Official, Lonestar Legend , and Badlands Nitro qualified for the second heat. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
The deep dark Shadow Play eluded disaster after popping a gravel in his first elim heat to grab a two-heat world record in the Little Brown Jug, pacing's premier event. more...
Old Time Base Ball Leagues Wrap Up: Summertime Vintage Games End September 27
Category: Baseball History
Toledo (Ohio) area vintage base ball clubs end their county tours next week. Playing by 1860s rules, they entertain summer crowds in replica uniforms. more...
Category: Modern US History
The catastrophe of 9-11 is now a connective emotion, one that brings objects and memory together in a bridge of support. Memories linger; but objects can soothe victims. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Sons of Nobleland Sam, Yankee Cruiser, and Towner's Big Guy continue to perform in Wauseon, Ohio at the Fulton County Fair's harness racing on Labor Day. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Presidential Pride's lifetime earnings of over $72,000 in 185 starts led the harness trotters and pacers who entered the Fulton County Fair at Wauseon, Ohio on Labor Day. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Snow Storm Sam dominated the 5th race on Labor Day at the 151st Edition of the Fulton County Fair, Ohio, while 14-year-old Presidential Pride held on in the 6th event. more...
Somebeachsomewhere Suffers First Loss: Art Official Sets New World Record in Meadowlands Pace Win
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Somebeachsomewhere's first loss came at the hoofs of Art Official's new world record of 1:47 for three-year-olds in the July Meadowlands Pace in New Jersey. more...
1968 World Series Game Seven: MVP Lolich and Tigers Stop St. Louis in Final to Win Championship
Category: Baseball History
Mickey Lolich gained Most Valuable Player status as Detroit defeated St. Louis in Game Seven of the 1968 World Series. It was the Tigers' first title since 1945. more...
1968 World Series Game Five: Tigers Survive on Kaline's Hit, Horton's Throw, Lolich Pitching
Category: Baseball History
Avoiding elimination in Game Five of the 1968 World Series, Detroit relied on Lolich from the mound, Horton's defense, and Kaline's crucial hit in the seventh inning. more...
1968 World Series Game Three: St. Louis Rebounded 7-3 Behind Brock McCarver and Cepada
Category: Baseball History
The Cardinals sent Ray Washburn to the mound against the Detroit bats. The Tigers stroked three home runs. But McCarver and Cepada countered. Brock stole three bases. more...
1968 World Series Game One: Detroit Loses Opener to St. Louis 4 to 0 As Gibson Hurls Shutout
Category: Baseball History
Detroit and St. Louis entered the 1968 World Series with two outstanding pitchers. The Tigers had 31-game winner Denny McLain. The Cards' Bob Gibson won Game One. more...
Mint Lane Captures Dwyer Stakes: Winner's Pedigree Includes Danzig, Mr. Prospector, Majestic Light
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Mint Lane's performance in winning the Dwyer Stakes should be expected from a colt with Danzig, Mr. Prospector, Majestic Light, and earlier huge stars in his pedigree. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Richard Dutrow-trained Benny the Bull, a sprinter, and Kip Deville, a turf champion, captured wins in the Smile Sprint at Calder and the Poker Handicap at Belmont. more...
Red Rocks Beats Curlin On Turf: HOY Loses First Grass Contest; 9-Year-old Better Talk Now Third
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Horse of the Year Curlin tried the turf for the first time, and Red Rocks, of Ireland descent, took his measure in the Man o' War Stakes. Better Talk Now went third. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
After a resoundingly dominant win in the Pepsi North America Cup last month, Somebeachsomewhere ran his rivals off the track in his Meadowlands elimination July 12. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Thirty years ago, said Thoroughbred owner/breeder Arthur Hancock III, horse racing came together to avoid federal regulation. "...things have gotten worse, not better." more...
Category: How to Race Horses
State race tracks have lacked the will to institute, or to enforce drug and safety policies, leaving the door open for federal control after high profile fatalities. more...
Big Brown Versus Spectacular Bid: BB's Loose Shoe Against Bid's Safety Pin In the Belmont Stakes
Category: Triple Crown Racing
A loose shoe and a safety pin apparently cost two Triple Crown titles almost thirty years apart. Was Big Brown's shoe, or Spectacular Bid's pin the worst culprit? more...
Connaught Great in Rolex Kentucky Meet: Three-time Champion Winsome Adante Retired from Eventing
Category: Equestrian
Connaught, a 15-year-old gelding of Irish Thoroughbred stock, and Winsome Adante, a three-time Rolex champion, received Kentucky eventing honors in April. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Late March and early April saw the deaths of never unplaced Nine Keys, who first delivered a City Zip filly March 23, and champion racer and stallion Moscow Ballet. more...
Synthetic Tracks Getting Safer: Evidence Growing In Favor of Artificial Surfaces
Category: How to Race Horses
According to statistics released in April, catastrophic injuries on dirt tracks have risen, while the same type accidents on synthetic surfaces has dropped. more...
Curlin Going for All-Time Money Lead: Jockey Robby Albarado Says Horse Is Racing's Needed Superstar
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In days when a cloud hangs over Thoroughbred racing, Curlin, third all-time earner, is showing he is the "superstar" the sport needs, says his rider, Robby Albarado. more...
Category: Baseball History
1968 is still the only year in baseball history that two pitchers claimed the four most prominent awards in the game, Most Valuable Player and the Cy Young Award. more...
1968 Detroit Tigers Win Pennant: Manager Mayo Smith Helps Create Comebacks and McLain's 31 Wins
Category: Baseball History
In 1968, the Detroit Tigers won their first pennant in 23 years. Manager Mayo Smith made creative moves while pitcher Denny McLain benefitted from numerous comeback wins. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While Ginger Punch rules the older set, Dreaming of Anna is dominating 4-year-old ladies on turf, and nearing $2 million in earnings. The Mint Julep was her 8th turf win. more...
Category: PGA Tour
Tiger Woods revealed three days after he won the U.S. Open golf championship on a lame knee that doctors had warned him playing in the Open might cost him further injury. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
A New York Handicap Triple champion, Fit to Fight, 29, and a Secretariat broodmare, Terlingua, 32, were euthanized this season due to complications of old age. more...
Tiger Woods Man of Iron Wins Open: World's No.1 Player Overcomes Knee Collapse to Win on 91st Hole
Category: PGA Tour
Tiger Woods withstood excruciating knee pain and the loss of the lead he had earned despite it to move to a sudden death round to beat Rocco Mediate in the U.S. Open. more...
Pyro, Curlin Win in Louisville: Early Season No.2 Colt and 2007 HOY Score at Churchill Downs
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Pyro, an early season No.2 three-year-old, and Curlin, 2007's Horse of the Year, scored in the Northern Dancer Stakes and the Stephen Foster Handicap June 14. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A freak accident and chronic sinusitis resulted in the euthanizations of Nashoba's Key and Highland Bud in May. Both were major race winners. more...
Belmont Stakes Chart and Facts: Da' Tara Wins as 38-1 Longshot; Denis of Cork 2nd; Big Brown Eased
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The 2008 Belmont Stakes wasn't a celebration of the first Triple Crown champion in 30 years, as 38-1 longshot Da' Tara beat Denis of Cork. Big Brown was eased. more...
Dutrow, Prado Win With Benny Bull: Looky Yonder Also Gives Trainer A Win in Vagrancy Over Dream Rush
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Benny the Bull delivered a win in his first start since his victory in Dubai for trainer Rick Dutrow, with Edgar Prado in the saddle. Looky Yonder bested Dream Rush. more...
Casino Drive Leads Belmont Charge: Nine Upset-Minded Rivals, Led By Japan Colt, to Chase Big Brown
Category: Triple Crown Racing
If Big Brown's rivals could write the script, they would find the Belmont Stakes wire Saturday ahead of him to spoil yet another Triple Crown championship attempt. more...
Prado Gets Casino Drive in Belmont: Jockey Triple Crown Giant Killer Will Ride Second Favorite
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Edgar Prado has done it before in the Belmont Stakes -- taken out a Triple Crown hopeful, that is. On Saturday, he pilots Casino Drive, Big Brown's biggest rival. more...
Big Brown Ready for Triple Crown: Trainer Dutrow Not Put Off By Quarter Crack, PP, or Japanese Entry
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. is certain his horse will win a Triple Crown title despite a quarter crack, the favored post position, and Japan's Casino Drive. more...
Joe E. Brown and Alibi Ike, 1935: Ring Lardner's Baseball Comedy Was Made Famous by Film Star
Category: Comic Films
Ring Lardner and Joe E. Brown combined talents on two baseball films, Elmer the Great, and Alibi Ike, the former a smash hit. Both were consummate sports stories. more...
Dan Patch, Phar Lap, Seabiscuit: Walking and Talking With Horses; Three Stars Who Communicated
Category: Horses (general)
Dan Patch, Phar Lap, and Seabiscuit were extraordinarily gifted and communicative equine athletes loved by thousands in their times. They walked and talked with people. more...
1999 Belmont Stakes: Charismatic: Triple Crown Stories; Lewis Colt Won Derby and Preakness
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Charismatic was the Triple Crown story in 1999, as he captured the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. Bob and Beverly Lewis were taking a second shot at the TC. more...
Top Ten Horses, Jockeys, Trainers: By May 16, Big Brown, Garrett Gomez, Steve Asmussen Were Leaders
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Big Brown entered the Preakness Stakes at 4-0, Garrett Gomez topped $7 million earned, and Steve Asmussen was the training leader with 245 wins from 1,058 starters. more...
Big Brown in Line for Triple Crown: Three Classics for 3-year-olds Last Won by Affirmed in 1978
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The toast of Belmont town is Big Brown, in line to win the first Triple Crown since 1978 when Affirmed scalded his usual rival, Alydar, at the wire. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Despite finishing far behind the Preakness freak, Big Brown, Macho Again (place) and Icabad Crane (show) didn't show discouragement. They'll try again. Macho. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Eight Belles was not abused by over racing, or drugs. The filly's necropsy shows no evidence of foul play, or abusive behavior toward her by trainer, rider, or owner. more...
Boundary and Mien's Big Brown: Pair Produce Triple Crown Contender with Northern Dancer Pedigree
Category: Horse Breeds
Big Brown's sire and dam were grandsired by the great Canadian racer Northern Dancer, a Triple Crown contender in 1964, as Brown is now 44 years later. more...
Sweet Vendetta Wins BlackEyedSusan: Filly Overpowers Shes All Eltish, Defeats Favorite Bsharpsonata
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Sweet Vendetta proved up to the task in the May 16 Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies. She won over Shes All Eltish and the race's favorite,Bsharpsonata. more...
From the May 16 Pimlico Special: With A.P. Arrow Scratched, Student Council Beat Gottcha Gold
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Wet weather aside, and with A.P. Arrow absent from the field, Student Council battled through to beat Gottcha Gold by a neck in the Pimlico Special May 16 in Baltimore. more...
Three Chimneys Gets Big Brown: $50 million Deal Closed Before Preakness; BB Tries For Triple June 7
Category: Horse Breeds
A syndicated deal reportedly for over $50 million will send dual classic winner Big Brown to Three Chimneys stud farm later this year. Only the Belmont remains for TC. more...
Parentage of Triple Crown Winners: Sir Gallahad, Blenheim Made 1930s American Lines Stronger
Category: Horse Breeds
Many repeat parentage lines show up in the families of the American Triple Crown winners. English origins of Sir Gallahad and Blenheim strengthened 1930s lines. more...
Big Brown's Winning Margins: Colt Joins Sir Barton, Other Triple Crown Champs in Records and Wins
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown's records are growing along with his celebrity. His Derby and Preakness winning margins match those of Sir Barton and other Triple Crown greats. more...
The Films of Joe E. Brown: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Around the World... Oscar-Nominated
Category: Comic Films
Two of the comedic films of Joe E. Brown were oscar-nominated. Around the World in 80 Days (1956) won Oscar, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) was considered. more...
Afleet Alex, 2005 Preakness: 2nd TC Jewel Supported Cancer Charity, Alex's Lemonade Stand
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Afleet Alex's Preakness was the story of triumph over near catastrophe, and Alex's Lemonade Stand to support youthful victims of cancer . The combination was successful. more...
Big Brown Big Favorite at Pimlico: Kentucky Derby Winner Favored 1-2; No Other Horse Closely Betted
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown is a huge favorite at Pimlico. Only one horse from the Kentucky Derby follows Big Brown to the Preakness Stakes; no other is being seriously betted. more...
Preakness Records: TC Trivia: Fastest Ever Preakness Run by Louis Quatorze in 1996
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Preakness Stakes is the second race of the American Triple Crown series. It is traditionally run at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland at 1-3/16 miles. more...
Hey Byrn, Gayego Join Preakness: Recapturetheglory, Two Others Set to Test Big Brown A Second Time
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Hey Byrn and Gayego will join Recapturetheglory in the Preakness Stakes May 17 to take a second crack at Kentucky Derby Champion Big Brown. more...
Another Michael Matz Colt Down: Chelokee Given a 50-50 Chance to Survive After Breaking Ankle
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Chelokee, the inaugural (2007) Barbaro Stakes winner, trained by Michael Matz, who also taught Barbaro, suffered a broken right ankle in the Alysheba Stakes (gr.3). more...
Varieties In Synthetic Race Tracks: Refined Surfaces Springing Up to Fight Bad Weather
Category: How to Race Horses
Synthetic surfaces for the state's main tracks have been mandated in California. Safetrack, Polytrack, Cushion Track, and Pro-Ride are springing up to fight bad weather. more...
Preakness Field Opens New Chances: New Shooters Giant Moon, Yankee Bravo, Stevil Get Their Moments
Category: Triple Crown Racing
New shooters who think they have a chance to derail Derby champ Big Brown in the Preakness Stakes include Giant Moon, Yankee Bravo, and Stevil; 15 are possible. more...
Recapturetheglory Enters Preakness: Big Brown Scares Off Other 18 Derby Entrants; Jogged Mile May 7
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Jogging an easy mile on May 7, Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown remained scheduled for the Preakness Stakes May 17 with only Recapturetheglory to try him again. more...
Equine Fractures Are Difficult: Bone Density, Lack of Blood, Muscle Prevent Speedy Healing
Category: Horse Care
PETA wants to halt Thoroughbred race track breakdowns by changing the standards of the Sport of Kings. Authorities say concerns are unfounded; most race horses thrive. more...
Kentucky Derby Chart and Facts: Second Largest Crowd in History Cheered Big Brown, Eight Belles
Category: Triple Crown Racing
A record crowd, second largest in its history, attended the Kentucky Derby May 3. Big Brown put himself in the top 20 of Derby speedsters. Filly Eight Belles ran 2nd. more...
Dutrow's Big Brown Wins Derby: First Leg of Triple Crown Won From Gate 20
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. knows Big Brown. Dutrow wasn't worried about starting from Gate 20 in the first leg of the Triple Crown. His inexperienced colt won handily. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Despite the facts of past quarter cracks on his horse's hoofs, a packed starting gate, and drawing post twenty, trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. says everything is go. more...
Top Jockeys: TC Trivia: Who Is the Only Jockey To Ride Two Triple Crown Winners?
Category: Triple Crown Racing
There have been only eleven Thoroughbreds to win the Triple Crown. Eddie Arcaro rode two of them, Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). Who are the other 9 jockeys? more...
Kentucky Derby Field Set; Brown #1: BBJ, Denis of Cork and Calvin Borel, Halo Najib Miss Latest Cut
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Who will beat the Derby ghosts of distance, dirt, and running style? Big Brown is Vegas's No.1, while Bob Black Jack, Denis of Cork, and Halo Najib miss the latest cut. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Nominees to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame include the only two-time Breeders' Cup Classic champ, Tiznow, jockey Edgar Prado, and trainer Carl Nafzger. more...
Exceller Slaughtered in Sweden: In 1997, Daily Racing Form Traced 24-Year-Old Champion's Death
Category: Horse Breeds
Exceller and Ferdinand were two American Thoroughbred champions among 3 million hapless horses to parish in slaughterhouses between 1986 and early 1997. more...
More Kentucky Derby Trivia: Figures, Facts, Data Equal the Run For The Roses in May
Category: Triple Crown Racing
History and stastistics make up Kentucky Derby lore, but there's also the personality of the horses themselves. There have been stalkers, closers, and front runners. more...
Behindatthebar Snatches Lexington: Pletcher Colt Closes Derby Preps; Tesio's Icabad Crane to Return
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Behindatthebar,a third Todd Pletcher colt, closed the Derby preps at Lexington. Federico Tesio Stakes winner Icabad Crane is likely to point next to the Preakness Stakes more...
War Pass Injured, Out of Derby: Jockeys and Colts In Derby Earnings Shake-up; Monba, Gayego In
Category: Triple Crown Racing
An ankle fracture to War Pass has shaken up the Kentucky Derby picture once again. Jockeys have jumped to different Derby mounts. Monba and Gayego earned their way in. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Stars War Pass and Pyro are No.1 and No.2 in graded stakes earnings, but War Pass is out. Colonel John and Tale of Ekati are top prospects. The filly Eight Belles is in. more...
Busy Edgar Prado Picks Adriano: Top Money Rider Chooses Lane's End Champion for Kentucky Derby
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Riding money leader Edgar Prado had his pick of some of the year's best Thoroughbreds for his Derby ride May 3. He opted for Adriano, trained by his long-time employer. more...
You Are Your Own Writing Resource: Combining Direct Mailorder Marketing With Self-Publishing
Category: Writer's Markets
If you think about it, you can become your own writing resource. Investigating direct mail order marketing, creating flyers, and piggybacking will promote your work. more...
Tale of Ekati, Colonel John Preps: Edgar Prado, Corey Nakatani Take Late Kentucky Derby Prep Races
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Tale of Ekati, by Sunday Silence mare Silence Beauty, and Colonel John, by Tiznow, win late in Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby under Edgar Prado and Corey Nakatani. more...
Win, Win, Win Edgar Prado: Jockey Gets Adriano to Lane's End Wire, Wins Two in Dubai
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Edgar Prado, winner of over 6,000 Thoroughbred races, piloted Adriano to a win over Halo Najib in the Lane's End Stakes and won twice on the Dubai World Cup undercard. more...
Will Curlin Become Money Leader?: World Cup Champion Has Moved to Third On All Time Earnings List
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Winning both the fall Breeders' Cup Classic and the spring Dubai World Cup Championship, Curlin has climbed to 3rd in all time track earnings behind Skip Away and Cigar. more...
Curlin Captures Dubai Cup At Will: Preakness Champ Bests Asiatic Boy, UAE's Only Triple Crown Winner
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The UAE threw its best contenders at Curlin in the Dubai World Cup. The Preakness champ shrugged off all, including UAE Triple Crown champion Asiatic Boy. more...
Mohawk Raceway Gets Second Summer: Somebeachsomewhere, 2007 Co-Horse of the Year, Leads Nominees
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Mohawk Raceway will host the Pepsi North America Cup for Standardbred racing for the second straight season. Somebeachsomewhere leads the field of 92 nominees. more...
Top Ten Derby Horses Vary: B-H Writer Haskin, Associated Press, Agree on War Pass and Pyro
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Blood-Horse magazine writer Steve Haskin and Associated Press writers agree War Pass and Pyro should be ranked No.1 and No.2 as Kentucky Derby contenders. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While other contenders prep for the Triple Crown, 2007 HOY Curlin won his Dubai prep, and Kentucky Derby favorite Pyro poured it on in the Louisiana Derby more...
Bob Baffert Has Two Dubai Champs: Trainer Schooled World Cup Victors Silver Charm, Captain Steve
Category: Horse Racing (general)
One of America's winningest trainers, Bob Baffert has schooled two of the nation's Dubai Classic champions, Silver Charm in 1998 and Captain Steve in 2001. more...
Godolphin Racing Produces Winners: Maktoum Brothers Have 7 of the Twelve UAE Dubai Classic Champions
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum of Godolphin Racing and his brother, Hamdan bin Rashid of Shadwell Stable, have owned seven of the winners of the UAE Dubai Classic more...
Curlin Faces Hard Test in Dubai: 2007 Horse of the Year, Jockey Albarado Challenged by UAE World Cup
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
2007 HOY, Curlin, and rider Robby Albarado face a stiff challenge in Dubai's Classic, the world's richest Thoroughbred race. They will compete with the best on March 29. more...
2008 Triple Crown Early Picks: Court Vision, War Pass, Pyro Earn First Looks In 3-Year-Old Class
Category: Triple Crown Racing
War Pass, the 2008 Experimental Free Handicap leader, his chief rival Pyro, and Court Vision are early choices to excel in this season's classic competition. more...
Duplicate Thoroughbred Awards?: Canada's Stronach, Pizarro, and Kodiak Kowboy May Double Up Awards
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Canada handed out Thoroughbred Sovereign Awards in December. Owner Frank Stronach, Jockey Tyler Pizarro and Kodiak Kowboy could all become American winners as well. more...
Shoemaker Won Four Derbies: First to Earn Career $100 Million, The Shoe Won Three Eclipse Awards
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Although one Kentucky Derby win shy of Hartack and Arcaro, Bill "Willie" Shoemaker was the first jockey to earn $100 million, and collected more Eclipse Awards. more...
Bill Hartack's Derby Winners: Jockey One of Only Two Riders to Win Kentucky Roses Five Times
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Bill Hartack won his first Kentucky Derby with Iron Liege in 1957. In the 1960s his four champions were Venetian Way, Decidedly, Northern Dancer, and Majestic Prince. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
In this year's North America Cup at Canada's Mohawk Raceway, Tell All paced a personal best time and joined other record holders in two other categories. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Meadowlands Racetrack welcomed the harness Breeders Crown championships. Southwind Serena and Snow White took trot honors. Artcotic, Stylish Artist paced to titles. more...
Deweycheatumnhowe Is Harness Champ: Winner Gets 10th Straight, Little Brown Jug's Tell All Beaten
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Deweycheatumnhowe contined his reign last weekend, winning the Two-Year-Old-Colt Trot in the Breeders' Crown, his 10th straight victory. Tell All loses out. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Dan Patch took the unusual path of racing against Time after breaking Star Pointer's record mile. Greyhound, Rodney, and Peter Manning established harness milestones. more...
Corinthian, English Channel Retire: Two Stellar Breeders' Cup Victors End Careers on Winning Notes
Category: Horse Breeds
Coming off of victories in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and the Turf, respectively, last month, Corinthian and English Channel will retire to quiet lives off the track. more...
2007 Breeders' Cup Races Results: Curlin, Ginger Punch Triumph; War Pass Delivers in Juvenile Test
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While Curlin and Ginger Punch set the standard in the Classic and the Distaff, War Pass passed his Juvenile challenge flawlessly. Corinthian walloped the field by 6-1/2. more...
BC Classic Is Curlin's HOY Effort: Smart Strike Colt Dominates On Wet Track to Catch Hard Spun
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Chestnut champ Curlin ran a dominant BC Classic through stretch slop to defeat Hard Spun. The Smart Strike colt made his case to finish as 2007's Horse of the Year. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Experience adds knowledge in any sport. Learning one's way around horse racing betting terms increases one's chances to score. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Family breeders of harness racers in the 1800s were Justin Morgan, the Clays, and Richard Eldrige, who bred Mambrino Chief. The Chief's progeny rivaled Hambletonian's. more...
Suspension Sidelines Biancone: Thoroughbred Trainer Denies Charges of Cobra Venom in His Barn
Category: How to Race Horses
Patrick Biancone took a polygraph test to boost his claim that he was unaware of illegal medications in his barn at Keeneland in June. This is his third drug violation. more...
Messenger Bred Trotters, Runners: Thoroughbred Eclipse Blood and Hambletonian Pacers Trace to Him
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Messenger was a Thoroughbred, but he would stride into a trot on his own when given his choice. His blood traces to Man o' War and to Little Brown Jug. more...
Breeders' Cup Female Lineups: Octave, Nashoba's Key Lead Girls With Rags to Riches On Sideline
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Breeders' Cup female championships feature Octave and Nashoba's Key, with Rags to Riches out with a hairline fracture. The BC has a new format as a two-day gig. more...
Exploring Horse Racing Beginnings: New York Governor Richard Nicolls Called for Equine Races in 1665
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Horse racing had its beginnings in America with private owners racing their favorites along country roads. Organized races evolved fully in the 1830s. more...
More Standardbred (Horse) Terms: What Do Trot and Pace Mean? When Do Horses Celebrate Birthdays?
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
The more terms one knows within a subject, the better he can understand the whole. Try these general horse and Standardbred meanings of gait, birthdays, and more. more...
War Pass Shows Class at Belmont: 2-Year-Old Guts Out Win; Idiot Proof Holds On; Lava Man Drops Out
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Cornelio Velasquez is impressed with War Pass, who outclassed the field at Belmont Park. Idiot Proof showed heart at Santa Anita. Lava Man couldn't kick in. more...
The Tin Man Not Too Old: Affirmed Gelding Beaten Late in Third Hirsch Stakes by Artiste Royal
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Trainer Richard Mandella thinks more horses would run well in their later years if owners extended their racing careers. The Tin Man is proof, not a freak of nature. more...
Lahudood Tuning for Breeders' Cup: Shadwell Stable Star Breaks Flower Bowl Stakes Record
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
As the last scramble to qualify for the Breeders' Cup World Championships unfolds, Shadwell Stable's female star Lahudood broke Rosinka and a stakes record. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The threesome of thoroughbred Street Sense, jockey Calvin Borel, and trainer Carl Nafzger set two records in winning the Derby, the Travers and the Alabama Stakes. more...
Any Given Saturday Getting Better: Pletcher-Trained Colt Has Won Two Major Races in Recent Weeks
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A two-of-three winner as a juvenile, Any Given Saturday won the Sam F. Davis Stakes in his 2007 debut, then cooled off. Now, he' s won the Haskell and Brooklyn Handicaps. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While older horses, Lawyer Ron and Lava Man, will also run, the Triple Crown and summer season's duels are likely to re-fire at Monmouth's Breeders' Cup show. more...
Curlin Returns to Win at Belmont: Smart Strike Colt Strikes Down Lawyer Ron in Another Stretch Duel
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
After turning in just one race where he placed third since the grueling run in the Belmont Stakes against the tough Rags to Riches, Curlin proved still stretch worthy. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
While Thoroughbreds, ridden by jockeys, and Standardbreds, who pull sulkies and have drivers, share common descriptive language, some terms differ. more...
Get Wauseon Labor Day Race Results: Harness Racing Featured Young, Vet Runners; 9-Year-Old Wins 8th
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Must Be The Bunny broke his maiden in the first race on Labor Day at the Fulton County Fair, Wauseon, Ohio. Blue Matt Lad took the eighth race. more...
Racing Champs Trace to England: Eclipse Begat American Winners; Domino Strengthened Bloodlines
Category: Horse Breeds
Bloodlines of four American Triple Crown winners trace directly to the great British running and stock champion, Eclipse. Awards are named for him. more...
Unfit Canonero II Won Preakness: After His Kentucky Derby Win, Venezuelan Colt Scored at Pimlico
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Seldom has a Thoroughbred champion won under such unlikely circumstances as did Canonero II. His story is overwhelming in heart and will, and worth repeating. more...
A Rank Runner Can Easily Lose: Jockeys Rate A Thoroughbred to Get Maximum Performance and Speed
Category: How to Race Horses
Jockeys must judge distance and pace to get the best results from their thoroughbred partners. Horses may sometimes struggle against being rated and race rankly. more...
Understanding Racing Fractions: What is A String of Twelves in Thoroughbred Speed Measurements?
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Today's thoroughbreds are bred more for speed than stamina. The 1-1/2 miles Belmont Stakes is a Triple Crown stopper for many speedy horses. more...
Derby 1933: Jockeys Battle It Out: Meade and Fisher Provide Theatrics: Broker's Tip Beats Head Play
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Head Play, favored in the 1933 Kentucky Derby, may have lost because of his jockey's head play at the wire. Broker's Tip got his only win; Idle Hour its 4th Derby. more...
1973 Kentucky Derby: All Big Red: Secretariat's Run for the Roses Was the Fastest Ever Recorded
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Syndicated for a record $6 million in early 1973, Secretariat exceeded every expectation. His Kentucky Derby run is still untouchable. It came under great scrutiny. more...
Derby 1941: Whirlaway Won His Way: Unmanageable Colt Got Wright, Jones, Arcaro for Triple Crown Win
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
As a Blenheim II product, Whirlaway got a double dose of the erratic gene that caused English breeders to shy away from their own stallion. But Whirly made good. more...
Canonero II, 1971 Kentucky Derby: Venezuelan Unknown Beats Derby Odds
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Unsound, unknown, Canonero II arrived at Churchill Downs through an arduous route and in poor condition. His non-English speaking connections claimed the colt would win. more...
Rags to Riches Top 2007 Winner: Nashoba's Key Also 5 of 5; Silent Pleasure is 5 of 7 With Two 2nds
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Rags to Riches, a Todd Pletcher trained filly, leads 2007 thoroughbreds with a 5 of 5 slate. Her quality Belmont Stakes win gives her the top spot over Nashoba's Key. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
All of 2007's Triple Crown colts appear on the list of Top One Hundred thoroughbred earners on the year. Five show up in the top ten, and three appear in the next ten. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The personable track star Cigar leads all thoroughbreds in lifetime money earnings. He is a two-time Horse of the Year. His former jockey is second on the money list. more...
No. 1 Derby Run Was Secretariat's: In Voting for the Ten Best Kentucky Derbies, Big Red Is First
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
There was never more speed displayed in the Kentucky Derby than put on by Secretariat in 1973. His Derby ranks No. 1 among the Best Ten Derbies ever run. more...
Street Sense Took Over in March: Great Hunter, Circular Quay, Curlin, and King of the Roxy Scored
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Two months away from the Kentucky Derby, Scat Daddy, Great Hunter, Circular Quay, and Hard Spun won big races. Curlin impressed. Street Sense still led in the ratings. more...
Two Colts, Filly Lead Season: Curlin, Street Sense, Rags to Riches All Top HOY Candidates
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Picture perfect Kentucky Derby champ Street Sense, Belmont winner Rags to Riches, and Preakness victor Curlin head into 2007's second half season as HOY contenders. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Sir Barton ran a HOY season in 1919 before Eclipse Awards were given out. Man o' War, as a juvenile that year, was more popular. The two matched up in 1920. more...
1930 TC Champ Sired 1935 Winner: Sir Gallahad III Son, Gallant Fox, Changed American Breeding
Category: Horse Breeds
Unmentioned at two years of age, Gallant Fox, the first major American winner bred from foreign stock, came to the forefront in 1930 as a Triple Crown winner. more...
In 1936, Omaha Raced in England: Triple Crown Champion's Daughter Foaled Top Stallion, Nijinsky
Category: Horse Breeds
Lameness curtailed Omaha's 1935 season. He raced in England the next year. One of his bloodline mares foaled the great stallion, Nijinsky. more...
Rags to Riches Beats Colt to Wire: Fitting Girl-Boy Battle Brings Win for Pletcher in Belmont
Category: Triple Crown Racing
On center stage, and off her knees, the filly Rags to Riches did not disappoint in the 2007 Belmont. She showed everything said of her. Curlin battled her bravely. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Although small of stature, War Admiral was big of heart and matched his famous father's will to win. Man o' War's most significant son had his year in 1937. more...
Whirlaway Won 1941 Triple Crown: Erratic Champ Responded to Strategy of Trainer Jones, Jockey Arcaro
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Whirlaway had his own quirky ways, and like Count Fleet, was considered somewhat dangerous as a youngster. He straightened out under Ben Jones and Eddie Arcaro. more...
Speedy Count Fleet 1943 HOY: Son of a Kentucky Derby Winner Also Sired a Classic Champ
Category: Horse Breeds
In the history of thoroughbred racing, Reigh Count, Count Fleet, and Count Turf were the first triple generation Kentucky Derby champs. Fleet's daughter foaled Kelso. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Crippled by a surveyor's stake as a yearling, Assault showed tenacity on the track, surprising his trainer, Max Hirsch, on the way to a Triple Crown title. more...
Citation: Everyone's Champion: 1948 Triple Crown Winner Became First Millionaire Thoroughbred, 1951
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Citation posted 45 times and ran off the board only once. His Triple Crown of 1948 was stupendous. His career was compared to the great Man o' War, who died in 1947. more...
Secretariat and Affirmed at Stud: Both Won Two-Year-Old Eclipse Awards; Later Sired Stakes Champs
Category: Horse Breeds
Triple Crown champions Affirmed and Secretariat won best two-year-old and best three-year-old Eclipse Awards. They raced in the same decade, but took different paths. more...
Curlin's Nose Wins Preakness: Unraced at Two, Curlin Will Lead Belmont Field Without Street Sense
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Beaten out of a Triple Crown chance by Curlin's hearty nose in the 2007 Preakness Stakes, Street Sense will skip the Belmont. Hard Spun is still a challenger. more...
Ohio Racing Headed for Slots?: Scioto Downs Manager, Racing Association Call for Economic Help
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Bordered on three sides by states that have slots generated revenues at its race tracks, does Ohio need to get on board to see its equine industry growth survive? more...
St. Sense, Hard Spun to Preakness: Juvenile Champ and Chief Derby Competitor Set for Rematch May 19
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Juvenile and Derby champ Street Sense will look for rival Hard Spun in the 132nd Preakness Stakes this Saturday. Curlin may be close. Some Derby entrants undecided. more...
Triple Crown Spotlight, Snapshots: America's Thoroughbred Classic Series Has Eleven Champions
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Spotlight articles and Snapshot blogs bring America's eleven thoroughbred Triple Crown champions into larger focus. Learn more about the champs' historic lives. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Todd Pletcher gave every owner saddle time at the 2007 Kentucky Derby, but his trainees finished sixth, eighth, ninth, 18th, and dead last (20th). more...
Seattle Slew's Top Awards, Foals: 1977 Triple Crown Champ Sired Swale, A.P. Indy, other Slews
Category: Horse Breeds
An Eclipse Award winner, Seattle Slew became a big daddy, siring such greats as Swale, Slew O' Gold, and A.P. Indy. His daughter, Solar Slew, foaled the champion, Cigar. more...
Affirmed, Alydar Race, 1977-1978: Two Rivals Went 4-2 as Two-Year-olds; Eventual TC Champ Won Four
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Although Affirmed beat Alydar three times in as many tries in the 1978 Triple Crown races, Alydar did best the champ twice in 1977. Alydar was the bigger, favored colt. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Triple Crown Champions Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Assault, and Affirmed won April races. Carry Back and Sunday Silence surprised, others ran rivalries. more...
Curlin helps Shuffle Derby Lineup: Steve Asmussen and Robby Albarado Deal in Smart Strike Colt
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Major prep races for the Derby wound down last weekend with Curlin, a Steve Asmussen trained colt ridden by Robby Albarado getting in a bid for the Run for the Roses. more...
Messenger Begat Hambletonian: The English sire produced Father of Most of Harness Racing History
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
England's trotter, Messenger, grand-sired Hambletonian, and his progeny kept the harness racing bloodlines flowing. Dan Patch and No Pan Intended probably are relatives. more...
Never was a Pacer like Dan Patch: Indiana Standardbred raced Against his Own Times for Competition
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Born in humble surroundings in Indiana, pacer Dan Patch was purchased by Minnesotan M.W. Savage. The pacer hit world record times and won world renown in the 1900s. more...
Graded Stakes & No.1=Street Sense: Carl Nafzger Colt Leads both Polls in Kentucky Derby Chase
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champ Street Sense is headed to the Kentucky Derby ahead in graded stakes earnings and ranked No.1 by the NTRA. Can he break the juvenile jinx? more...
Cowtown Cat a Winner; Blue Fades: Pletcher Wins One; Tiago smothers King of the Roxy in Santa Anita
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Giacomo's little half brother, Tiago, bursts on the scene to catch Pletcher's Roxy at Santa Anita. In the Illinois Derby, Cowtown Cat gives Pletcher another Derby hope. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Wood Memorial is an opportunity for Nobiz Like Shobiz. Will blinkers help his behavior? Tagg says, hopefully. Any Given Saturday gets another try at Street Sense. more...
Pletcher's Scat Daddy Wins 5th: Florida Derby Victory Is Colt's Last Prep Before Churchill Downs
Category: Triple Crown Racing
In Dubai March 31 for the $21 million World Cup card, Todd Pletcher was 0-5. In Florida, his Kentucky Derby hope, Scat Daddy, and five undercard runners won six races. more...
Spring At Last Captures Dubai Mile: Three American Horses dominate Nad al Sheba Race Undercard
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Hollywood Gold Cup could be next for Dubai victor Spring At Last; Kelly's Landing wins the Dubai Golden Shaheen, will rest; Friendly Island gives Pletcher a 2nd. more...
Smarty Jones gets Philly Classic: Smarty Party July 28 at Philly Park to Honor state's Derby Winner
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In 2004 the Smarty (Jones) Party grew to a record crowd at Belmont Park for the third leg of the Triple Crown. Smarty now will be Philly's most honored horse. more...
Derby Matchup after Blue Grass?: More Street Sense scheduled for Any Given Saturday in April
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Something's gotta give in April when Street Sense and Any Given Saturday duel again at Keeneland. Top rated Great Hunter will also be in the Derby prep Blue Grass. more...
Franklin Just Wants to Ride Again: Spectacular Bid's 1979 Jockey Looks for Redemption, Mounts
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Riding gallops in Louisiana, jockey Ronnie Franklin, 47, hopes for a return to winning mounts. Rejected in Maryland, the 'Bid's rider seeks return at the Fair Grounds. more...
Pletcher's Fab Five Win 5 Stakes: Can Circular Quay Close Derby Circle for Eclipse Award Trainer?
Category: Triple Crown Racing
With Thunder Gulch and Circle of Life in his past, Circular Quay's trainer points the colt toward the Derby winner's circle. Pletcher hasn't won roses in 14 Derby tries. more...
Bernardini Overseas, Texcess Done: 2006 Preakness Winner goes Aussie; In Excess's Son to Pasture
Category: Horse Breeds
The 2007 breeding season will include Bernardini at stud in Australia. The gelding Texcess is headed to green pasture retirement after breaking a left hind stifle. more...
Island Storm, Is It True Die: Brazil, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Canada Also Lose Stallions
Category: Horse Breeds
Prominent horse racing sires active in four different countries died in February. Notables Northern Baby, Is It True, and Roi Normand had stellar careers at stud. more...
Scat Daddy Beats Nobiz Like Shobiz: Pletcher Colt takes Tagg's 'Biz again - Fountain of Youth Stakes
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Scat Daddy won a big Derby prep at Gulfstream Park March 3 over Nobiz Like Shobiz, a Triple Crown favorite. Daddy's second victory against Shobiz vaulted him to No.2. more...
Tom Smith to Hall Posthumously: After Seabiscuit, Horse Whisperer took Jet Pilot to 1947 Derby Win
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Tom Smith trained for Maine Chance Stable after taking Seabiscuit to fame. His life's work wasn't recognized until 2003, when he was voted to the Hall of Fame. more...
E Z Warrior To Breed at Coolmore: Unbeaten 3-Year-Old's Next Race on Hold Since Stud Sale
Category: Horse Breeds
A top 2007 colt won his two juvenile starts, rested his shins, won his 3-year-old debut, then went to limbo status while his owner, Ahmed Zayat, sold his breeding rights. more...
Bauer, Burdette Leave Battlefields: Major League Slugger, Pitcher Die Same Week in February
Category: Major League Baseball
The World Series featured two seven-game classics in 1957 and 1958. Two departed stars, Hank Bauer and Lew Burdette, had vital moments in those match-ups. more...
Baze Rides to Top in Jockey Wins: Bay Meadows Rider Passes Pincay Jr.'s 9,530 Mark
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Thoroughbred horse racing's Russell Baze, 48, is going strong. Voted the 2002 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Baze is now first in all-time riding victories. more...
Triple Crown Horses Adding Credits: Pedigrees Are Impressive in 2007's Top Notch Thoroughbreds
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Todd Pletcher has a slew of Triple Crown hopefuls, including Seattle Slew offspring, Ravel. Stewart Elliott is riding Teuflesberg. Barclay Tagg is again hopeful. more...
Any Given Saturday Triumphs: First 2007 Victory Elevates Todd Pletcher Colt
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Triple Crown hopefuls are training their way to that first Saturday in May. Any Given Saturday makes a strong case for his roses in May in his Sam F. Davis Stakes win. more...
Secretariat's Belmont Run Historic: Big Red's Victory in June 1973 cinched the Triple Crown
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
No other thoroughbred won the Belmont Stakes by as many lengths as did Secretariat. The hype at Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby, and at Pimlico was not unwarranted. more...
Can the Triple Crown Still Be Won?: Ten Champs Lost the Classic Three-Race Format at Belmont Park
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Since 1979, ten thoroughbreds have entered the third leg of the three-raceTriple Crown with wins in the Derby and the Preakness. None have won at Belmont Park. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Unbeaten Zenyatta put herself into Horse of the Year conversation with a last to first burst in the Breeders' Cup Classic. She's the first female to win the contest. more...
Horse Racing Slots and Ohio Issue 3: Benefits and Setbacks to Racetracks From Gambling Casinos
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Ohio's proposed Issue 3 has become sticky for the Buckeye State's governor and racetrack officials, following battles for slots and VLTs. Will track revenues increase? more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Female Thoroughbreds Zenyatta, or Rachel Alexandra may lay claim to Horse of the Year over Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Western Hanover topped 2008 as the year's leading money-earning pacing sire, and he's got a lock on 2009, as well. His boys Well Said and If I Can Dream won in the Jug. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
In a dandy second heat of Western Hanover colts, NA Cup and Meadowlands Pace victor Well Said and If I Can Dream battled home from the last turn in the Little Brown Jug. more...
Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth (general)
To associate a sense of strength to a new baby boy, consider the name Brian, or Alexander, rather than the more modern Brice, the meaning of which is uncertain. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Muscle Hill's Hambletonian margin of victory surpassed that of 1968's Nevele Pride. He leads trotters in season earnings at $1.3 million since his World Trotting Derby. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
How great is Rachel Alexandra? At only three, the Medaglia d'Oro filly has galloped by every challenger of both genders. Her Woodward win caused a Saratoga explosion. more...
Review: Animal Planet's Jockeys: Reality Show's Real Life Episodes Showcase Riders and Trainers
Category: How to Race Horses
Females trainer Kristin Mulhall and jockey Chantal Sutherland, and riders Aaron Gryder, Corey Nakatani, Iggy Puglisi, and Joe Talamo deal out Animal Planet racing drama. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Findlay's Inforthewin got first place cheers for the first time at the Henry County Fair in Napoleon on August 19. Her trainer, driver, and co-owner is H.D. Schoonover. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Driver Mark Headworth closed with a rush at the Henry County Fair, winning four of the day's last six races. Booze Cruiser's slim victory over Oh My Sam thrilled fans. more...
Category: PGA Tour
Today, all hands come together for the most popular athlete on the planet, a black golfer nicknamed Tiger, who cut his stroke-growing teeth on open-to-all public courses. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Muscle Hill tied the Hambletonian world record speed mark and trashed the stakes record. Brian Sears won his first Hambo and first Oaks. Well Said faded in the Adios. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Munnings was just learning the how-to of winning; Summer Bird's Belmont Stakes stature impressed; but Rachel Alexandra ruled again. She romped over the Haskell boys. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
The Thoroughbred survives a racing career to reside on breeding farms; the unlucky die unwanted, or from injury, colic, and laminitis. Appropriate studies continue. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Ohio lineage colt Well Said devastated the final NA Cup field with speed, gave owner Jeffrey Snyder a fourth event title, and set a new standard for the final heat. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Gozzip Girl joined stars in recent wins in the American Oaks, while Eye of the Leopard gave Sam-Son a fifth Queen's and Presious Passion rolled in the United Nations. more...
Zenyatta A Perfect Ten Chasing Immortals: Gargantuan Mare Won Milady Handicap To Stay Unbeaten
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Can Zenyatta match Personal Ensign's perfect thirteen? She's three quarters of the way there and still galloping. Will she meet up with 2009's sweetheart, Rachel A.? more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Robby Albarado took advantage of a traffic jam that walled in Santa Anita Handicap champion Einstein to pilot Macho Again to the Grade One Stephen Foster title. more...
Category: Equestrian
Kingpin successfully cleared Obstacle Number 10, but afterward collapsed and could not be revived. Veterinarian cited natural causes for Kingpin's demise. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Milwaukee Appeal won the Woodbine Oaks with jockey Stewart Elliott in the irons guiding the filly for the first time. She is headed for the $1 Million Queen's Plate. more...
Desormeaux Wins Battle of Cajuns In Belmont: Borel's Guaranteed Win Half Right in Triple Crown Race
Category: Horse Racing (general)
After two bitter defeats in the Belmont Stakes, Kent Desormeaux battled fellow Cajun Calvin Borel and upset Borel's sure 'Bird win with half brother colt Summer Bird. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
It's clear that for two years running, females have changed Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown landscape. Still, there's no explanation of why horses defy the norm. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Todd Pletcher likes Dunkirk in the Belmont Stakes even with Calvin Borel and Chip Woolley re-teamed for Mine That Bird. Nick Zito tries for a third Belmont upset. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Horseman Keith Clark, SBSW, and Rich N Elegant have been voted to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Hypnotic Blue Chip is reaching his potential this season. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Birdstone stopped a Triple Crown championship in 2004, edging Smarty Jones at the Belmont Stakes wire. He stands at Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Jockey Jerry Bailey won his first Kentucky Derby aboard Sea Hero in 1993, but Prairie Bayou took the Preakness, and Krone piloted Colonial Affair to Belmont carnations. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Named for August Belmont I, the Belmont Stakes was first won by the filly Ruthless. The race's trophy commemorates the event's third victor, Fenian. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Knowing his Thoroughbred from every angle helped jockey Terry Thompson get Payton d' Oro to the winner's circle for trainer Larry Jones on Black-Eyed Susan day. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra is as unusual in her facial markings as she is in her historic race track accomplishments. Color in facial blazes is very uncommon. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Rachel Alexandra and Calvin Borel hadn't lost when Jess Jackson, majority owner of reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, bought the filly and hired Borel to keep riding her. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Preakness Stakes will match Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks winners for the first time. In 1975, Ruffian met Foolish Pleasure. Both had been two-year-old champions. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Nicanor was given five weeks to recover from a January quarter grab sustained in his first three-year-old racing season start. He's placed twice on dirt and won on turf. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Although male and female Thoroughbred track stars don't always reproduce themselves, there is much anticipation for good results from mating Tiznow and Peppers Pride. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
A strong score in the Peter Pan Stakes by Charitable Man earns the Lemon Drop Kid colt consideration for the Belmont Stakes. Bob Baffert has been Lone Star Park lucky. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Preakness Stakes line-up has been altered with the possible addition of super filly Rachel Alexandra, and by injuries to I Want Revenge and Friesan Fire. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Regardless of wagering ebbs and flows, injuries continue on the national Thoroughbred racing stage even after the industry boasts of its best efforts to contain them. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Kentucky Derby favorite Friesan Fire is on the early Preakness Stakes entry list despite sustaining a quarter injury in the Run for the Roses. Four new shooters are in. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In 135 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird became the second largest longshot behind 1913's Donerail to win. His jockey and trainer also set historic marks. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Calvin Borel couldn't get enough of Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby days. On Oaks day he won twice, on Rachel Alexandra and Miss Isella, before his Derby win. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
He's called Bo-Rai-el by his riding peers because he consistently takes his Thoroughbred mounts to the rail for victories. Calvin Borel repeated the feat on Derby day. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Unbridled's Song progeny will vie for Kentucky Derby honors on Saturday. General Quarters turned back Hold Me Back in the Blue Grass. Dunkirk went second in Florida. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Win Willy, Quality Road, and Take the Points were the last dropouts from the Kentucky Derby line-up this week, leaving spots for Atomic Rain and Nowhere to Hide. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Hall of Fame Trainer D. Wayne Lukas leads all trainers in number of starters sent to the Kentucky Derby. Twelve females trainers have started thirteen horses. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Pioneerof The Nile comes to the 2009 Kentucky Derby as its probable favorite after a strong Santa Anita Derby victory. He is Empire Maker's best son to date. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Two of three polls rank Pioneerof The Nile as the No. 1 choice for Saturday's 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. Friesan Fire and I Want Revenge follow as No. 2. more...
1992 Kentucky Derby Bet Was Arazi: Pennsylvania-bred Lil E. Tee Catches Europe's Horse of the Year
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Lil E. Tee rebounded as a foal from an immune deficiency, and then overcame 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile powerhouse champion Arazi in the 1992 Kentucky Derby. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Raise a Native granddaughter Genuine Risk birthed her first offspring at risk of her life. She was in foal to the immortal Secretariat. The foal, a colt, was stillborn. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Betting on the mudders corraled a record-breaking crowd of 30,000 at the 1893 Derby. Lookout and Boundless didn't mind the sludge, so they got co-favorites money. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Before speed was noted as real speed in the Kentucky Derby, Lieut. Gibson went an eighth of a mile in :12-1/4, extremely fast in 1900. Wintergreen won roses for Ohio. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While Sir Barton eventually became the Twentieth Century's second decade Thoroughbred hero, Donerail, Old Rosebud, and filly Regret helped popularize the Kentucky Derby. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Before the days of jockey civility, riders of Brokers Tip and Head Play bashed saddle to saddle for the 1933 Kentucky Derby title. 1935's Omaha had a Derby-winning sire. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
I Want Revenge, Musket Man, Pioneerof The Nile, General Quarters, and Papa Clem captured Derby prep races in New York, Illinois, California, Kentucky, and Arkansas. more...
1950s Kentucky Derby Champions: Native Dancer Popularized By TV; Count Turf Won for Third Generation
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Thoroughbred racing in the 1950s became a television event with the coming of the unstoppable gray, Native Dancer. Court Turf scored a third generation Derby title. more...
Kentucky Derby Champions of the 1960s: Northern Dancer and Majestic Prince Led Decade of Talent
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Many princely steeds stepped hoof to race track in the 1960s Derby parade. Northern Dancer and Majestic Prince were magic, while Carry Back came with humble ancestry. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
While Papa Clem climbed to fifth in graded stakes earnings and popular weekend Kentucky Derby polls, I Want Revenge continues as the clear choice to win May 2. more...
1990s Kentucky Derby Winners and Stories: Lil E. Tee Most Unlikely Run For the Roses Champion
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Charismatic's long odds made him a give away mount for the Kentucky Derby in 1999. 1992's Lil E. Tee didn't have pedigree, or good health. Unbridled's owner was 92. more...
Alysheba, Genuine Risk, and Winning Colors: Three Kentucky Derby Champions of the 1980s Now Gone
Category: Horse Breeds
Winning Colors, Alysheba, and Genuine Risk won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, 1987, and 1980, respectively. After falling in his stall March 27, Alysheba was euthanized . more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Empire Maker has a strong son on the Derby trail, Pioneerof The Nile, and one who is fading out of the limelight, Imperial Council. Unbridled's Song has two who may fade. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Thirty-nine fillies have entered the Kentucky Derby in its 134 runnings. The first to win was Regret in 1915. Genuine Risk scored in 1980. Winning Colors won in 1988. more...
2009 Kentucky Derby Connections: Baffert Back, Jerry Hollendorfer Contending, Jimmy Jerkens Leads
Category: Triple Crown Racing
While Bob Baffert is back with Kentucky Derby hot shot Pioneerof The Nile, Jerry Hollendorfer and Jimmy Jerkens also have contenders in Chocolate Candy and Quality Road. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Did Godolphin Racing bid on Quality Road? Was G.R. watching when I Want Revenge, Musket Man, and Pioneerof The Nile scored Kentucky Derby-worthy wins on April 4? more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Dixie Union's Justwhistledixie went to the post twice in March and remained undefeated in her last five contests. Affirmed Truth blitzed six furlongs in the Rainbow. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Talk of the gray roan filly Stardom Bound participating in the Kentucky Derby is now nil. Meanwhile, Gemswick Park and Justwhistledixie won 2009 season openers. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
In January, Friesan Fire and The Pamplemousse got an early start on prepping for the Kentucky Derby, winning the Lecomte Stakes and the San Rafael, respectively. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
In the Florida Derby, Quality Road added credentials to his race to participate in the Kentucky Derby. Pioneerof The Nile and Friesan Fire also got big March prep wins. more...
Well Armed Wins Record Dubai Cup: Jockey Aaron Gryder And Mount Victorious In Nad al Sheba Final
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Smashing to a record fourteen lengths win, Well Armed and jockey Aaron Gryder astonished the Dubai World Cup crowd in the final run at Nad al Sheba race course. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Albertus Maximus and Casino Drive are two of four on-the-board favorites for Saturday's Dubai World Cup. UAE Triple Crown champion Asiatic Boy (ARG) is hyped at 3-1. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Did pre-race gazing by seven-year-old Einstein give the old fellow command at Santa Anita's ancient hundred grander? Pitts-Blasi gets first female trainer Big 'Cap win. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Two strong colts, Friesan Fire and Old Fashioned, trained by Larry Jones, have won early races on the Derby prep trail. Jones' filly, Eight Belles, died in 2008's Derby. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Zenyatta, following an unbeaten season, reaped the most votes in 2008 Eclipse Award divisional voting with 240 nods. Juvenile filly champion Stardom Bound got 236. more...
SI Sportsman of the Year: Steve Cauthen Only Horseman to Win Sports Illustrated Award
Category: Horse Racing (general)
In 1977, jockey Steve Cauthen was 17 when he was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Cauthen won a record $6 million that year riding Thoroughbreds. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Approaching $20 million in earnings, Standardbred driver Tim Tetrick scored with Kadealia in the $500,000 Breeders Crown. Kadealia was a 75-1 underdog who paid $152.00. more...
Somebeach and Dewey Legends in Their Time: Two Seasons Phenomenal for Pacing and Trotting Champions
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
It isn't often in any sport that great talents emerge to legendary status in their own time. Harness racing fans were treated to 2007 and 2008 races of SBSW and Dewey. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Michigan is home to Thoroughbred sires of dual classic winning ancestry. Sugar Bay, by Syncline, a son of very successful sire Danzig, leads the state's top earners. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Thoroughbred racing's season end, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, included no crowning of champions from IEAH Stables. IEAH's previous BC earnings were $1.5 M. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
In the second twenty-five sires of the top fifty sires of Breeders' Cup progeny earnings, Dynaformer and A.P. Indy have combined to produce forty-three BC starters. more...
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Although his name currently comes up less often, D. Wayne Lukas has no peer among Breeders' Cup trainers in starters and earnings categories. Bobby Frankel is second. more...
2008 Breeders' Cup Highlights: New Stars Stardom Bound Midshipman Rose; Past Victors Left the Track
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Highlights of the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships included rising star performances from Stardom Bound and Midshipman. Past stars left the arena of racing. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Irish filly Goldikova, with Northern Dancer in her great grandparents house, became the third female to win the BC Mile. An Irish colt romped in the first BC Marathon. more...
Pedigree Lines of Donativum and Maram: Colt and Filly Won Their Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Events
Category: Horse Breeds
Great Britain-bred Donativum scored in the BC Juvenile Turf as a son of English champion sprinter, Cadeaux Genereux. Maram won the Juvenile Fillies Turf for sire Sahm. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Stardom Bound and Midshipman won the BC World Championships Juvenile divisions. Mr. Prospector, Seattle Slew, Nijinsky II, A.P. Indy and Raise a Native are relatives. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Synthetic surfaces is not trainer Bob Baffert's favorite subject. His star Indian Blessing lost on it in the BC Sprint. But his boys, Midshipman and Midnight Lute, won. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Five defending champions stepped into Santa Anita's 2008 Breeders' Cup competition hunting back-to-back titles. Four were defeated, including gray hopeful Kip Deville. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While Ireland's Muhannak scored his fourth win from five starts, Great Britain's Sixties Icon faded. The BC's first Marathon attracted eight well-traveled starters. more...
Second Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint: Thirteen Females Competed in "Filly Friday's" First Race
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The field was fully loaded at Santa Anita for the second annual Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. This was the first running of the BC races on an artificial surface. more...
Red Rocks Ran Out in BC Turf: Curlin Conqueror Didn't Energize for Breeders' Cup History
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup Turf has a heavy European history of winners. This season's Irish grass conqueror of America's Curlin couldn't follow-up in the championship. more...
Why President Obama Can't Clean Up BCS: Big Ten and Pac Ten Set Tone in 1946 With Iron Clad Vote
Category: College Football
Those who want a BCS overhaul are ignoring the obvious: it's about the money. Should President Obama change that? A 1946 agreement set today's existing controversy. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Wait a While took on Point Given's Sealy Hill, a Canadian Triple Tiara champion, in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf stretch and gave Todd Pletcher a show finish. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Great Britain's Eagle Mountain had one start in 2008 after recovering from a fractured pelvis. He went second in the Breeders' Cup Turf. O'Brien couldn't pass up BC. more...
Chilean Cocoa Beach Second in BC Ladies Race: South American Entrant Placed, Challenged Bayakoa Feat
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Cocoa Beach, Chilean-bred, briefly challenged Zenyatta for the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic title. She also tried to make strides toward Bayakoa, another South American. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In horseracing, names often reflect associations, commitments, or a horse's legacy. Dancing Forever and Forever Together both reflected these things in 2008 BC stories. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Taking advantage of the non-firing Well Armed, Albertus Maximus had his way in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, while Ireland's Goldikova beat the boys in the Mile on turf. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Winners of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile are historically pointed to the Kentucky Derby three-year-old battleground. Churchill Downs becomes their glory, or a lasting loss. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Maram, Muhannak, and Desert Code won the new Breeders' Cup races. Zenyatta raced the second fastest Ladies Classic. Mike Smith rode the two speediest Classic winners. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Trainer Sir Michael Stoute praised the effort of Conduit, an Ireland three-year-old colt who took aim in the Breeders' Cup Turf and scored with a long outside run. more...
Zenyatta Horse of the Year?: Filly's Nine-for-Nine Year Could Beat Curlin and History of HOY
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In the history of Thoroughbred Horse of the Year awards, few fillies have won the honor. Will the 2008 season of the giant female Zenyatta loom over Curlin? more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In Saturday's Breeders' Cup, Curlin has gate nine, while Juvenile hopeful Munnings goes from one. Zenyatta and Hystericalady go eye to eye from the one and two spots. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In the BC Sprint, Midnight Lute could repeat; in the new Turf Sprint, California Flag will attempt a first; and in the Juvenile Turf, Orthodox may meet Relatively Ready. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
A Breeders' Cup card pumped up to include 14 races this year garners full television coverage. Some top level male two-year-olds will get long scrutiny in the Juvenile. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup World Championships, which expanded last year to a two-day event, is even larger this season with a 1-1/2 miles Marathon added and a total of 14 races. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Never shy about predictions, Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith recently claimed Zenyatta may be the best he's ever guided. He'll ride Stardom Bound in the Juvenile Fillies. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Known as the Breeders Cup Distaff in the past, the BC Ladies Classic remains the equivalent of the boys' Classic. Ginger Punch, Zenyatta, and Music Note are eligibles. more...
Category: Landscaping (general)
Leaf raking and football schedules usually collide. Combine the two. Throw a leaf raking party on game day, or include a "raking" scrimmage on an off-game day. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Winning the first heat, but giving up a second heat, Deweycheatumnhowe returned an hour later to beat the same rival for the Kentucky Futurity title in their third heat. more...
Breeders' Cup Classic Contenders: A Look At Race Records of BC Main Event Horses
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
"Win and You're In" eligibles for the Breeders' Cup World Championships include old, Commentator; young, Mambo in Seattle; and past, Tiago, competitors. more...
Pro-Ride May Be Dark Horse at Breeders' Cup: BC Qualifiers Will Face Extra Synthetic Challenge
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Will an artificial surface play a major role in this year's Breeders' Cup races? Horses who don't have an artificial surface resume may experience a Pro-Ride puzzle. more...
A Report on Thoroughbred Muscle Injury: Switching Surfaces Can Cause Tissue Tension and Soreness
Category: How to Race Horses
A bevy of reports, look-intos, tests, and studies have followed this season's fatal Kentucky Derby. Results are coming in while standard examinations continue. more...
Curlin Has Chance to Repeat in BC Classic: Will Top Rated Colt Compete in Breeders' Cup Classic?
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
It's difficult to believe that reigning Horse of the Year Curlin may not compete in this season's Breeders' Cup Classic. Curlin is ranked No.1 and leads in earnings. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint may shape up as a showdown among youngsters Indian Blessing, Storm Mesa, and Indyanne and veterans Any Limit and Akronism. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Thoroughbbred trainer Nick Zito elevates his campaign against horse slaughter at every opportunity. It's not just talk. He walks the walk. Commentator gives him voice. more...
Category: European Horse Racing
The "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup qualifying format served Raven's Pass well in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. The Elusive Quality colt won over Henrythenavigator. more...
Cigar: A Picture of Greatness: Thoroughbred Retired As Top Money Leader
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Cigar was a phenomenal competitor. Twice Horse of the Year, he won the Breeders' Cup and the Dubai Cup. He retired with the Thoroughbred career money title. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
America has lagged in its medical and humane treatment of its horseracing stars. Times are changing. Bans in the areas of medications and treatment are the future. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Little Brown Jug week, harness racing's famed pacing event, is held annually in Ohio. In 1877, Ohio Governor John Tod adapted pacing to the Cleveland Grand Circuit. more...
Good News Lady Wins Jugette Race-off: Sprig Hanover Gets Second Heat Photo Finish
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Good news came back around for Good News Lady in Delaware's Jugette Race-off September 17. She won the 38th Jugette over Sprig Hanover after breaking in the second elim. more...
Campbell Favors Controls On Horse Whipping: Public Joins Discussion Concerning Excessive Whip Use
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Champion harness racing driver John Campbell told Little Brown Jug fans on September 18 that racing commissions would make decisions on race horse whipping. more...
Little Brown Jug Heat Format Discussed: Driver John Campbell Speaks In Open Public Forum
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Question: What does the Little Brown Jug have to do to get top pacers like Somebeachsomewhere to Delaware? Why did the NA Cup champion pass? more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Local Ohio and area state breeders sent progeny of Nobleland Sam, Yankee Cruiser, and Towner's Big Guy to the undercard Little Brown Jug races in September. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Since 1985, Little Brown Jug harness racing day in Delaware, Ohio has included the induction of a Wall of Fame honoree. Dr. J. Glen Brown is the 24th recipient. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
According to Dr. Wayne McIlwraith of Colorado State University, new blood biomarkers research that could save equine lives didn't air at June's Thoroughbred hearings. more...
Category: Equestrian
While Plumb entered equestrian immortality as America's single Olympic Hall of Fame inductee, five other riders have shared fame in World and Olympic competitions. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Yankee Cruiser, Nobleland Sam, Towner's Big Guy, Chip Chip Hooray had sons in the winner's circle on Labor Day in Wauseon's Fulton County Fair harness racing events. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Results for Race Four, Race Five, Race Seven, and Race Eight included starring performances from Henry County's Snow Storm Sam and Royalton Star of Lyons, Ohio. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Local and out-of-state trotters and pacers gathered at Wauseon, Ohio for the 151st Fulton County Fair. Complete Labor Day rosters and winners are listed below. more...
Deweycheatumnhowe Wins Hambletonian: Heavy Favorite Trots Away From Crazed For Fourteenth Career Win
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Two-year-old champion Deweycheatumnhowe added to his unbeaten three-year-old lore by holding off Crazed in the Hambletonian, the richest harness race in North America. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
You gotta have heart. Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux had it over six rivals in the Haskell Invitational as they ran down Coal Play and drew off. Dutrow wants Curlin. more...
Category: Baseball History
Detroit's fortunes in the 1968 World Series turned in Game Five and rebounded in Game Six behind the sterling effort of 31-game winner Denny McLain, forcing a 7th game. more...
Game Four of the 1968 World Series: Tigers Stopped Again by Gibson As Cardinals Win 10-1
Category: Baseball History
Game Four of the 1968 World Series quickly got out of hand for Detroit when Bob Gibson returned to the mound for the Cardinals to stop the Tigers and McLain in a rout. more...
Game Two of the 1968 World Series: Detroit Faithful Escaped St. Louis With the WS Even; Lolich Won
Category: Baseball History
Mickey Lolich won Game Two of the 1968 World Series, his first of three wins, and Detroit Tiger fans exited St. Louis with a sigh of relief and the series even at 1-1. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
The $200,000 Greenwood Cup Stakes at Philadelphia Park featured the tried and true gelding Evening Attire. At age 10, he qualified for the fall Breeders' Cup by winning. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In a career comeback, Notional won the Salvator Mile, a Breeders' Cup qualifier race, and Presious Passion took the UN main turf event. Both winners became BC eligible. more...
Hystericalady and Proud Spell Win: Victory Qualifies Mare for Breeders' Cup; Mother Goose Loss Over
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Hystericalady ran off with the Delaware Handicap, while Proud Spell shook off her Mother Goose loss with a steady win in the Delaware Oaks. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
On the Pepsi North America Cup undercard at Mohawk Raceway in June, Chancey Lady paced to victory, while Clerk Magistrate and Lantern Kronos scored in their trots. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
A Hollywood script accompanied the Yonkers Trot, as Holiday Credit broke stride on the lead, giving Napoleon room to slide to the win. Creamy Mimi won the Hudson Trot. more...
Jockey Club Gives Recommendations: Jocks Set Rules and Fox Hill Online Women Send Petition Message
Category: How to Race Horses
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Safety Committee and a nation-wide online women's group are sending the message to Washington D. C. that new policy action is imperative. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Accusations of horse dopings in their barns have resulted in suspensions for Rick Dutrow, Larry Jones, and Steve Asmussen, trainers of several of the year's best horses. more...
Drug Watch In Horse Racing Expands: Health and Safety of Animals At Olympics: Zero Tolerance
Category: How to Race Horses
Participants in the horse racing industry are coming under more scrutiny for positive drug tests and their animals' welfare. No exceptions is the word for the Olympics. more...
Category: Equestrian
Phillip Dutton got his first Rolex win with Connaught; two falls in the event resulted in the deaths of Frodo Baggins and The Quiet Man. Safety talks were scheduled. more...
Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing: Kentucky Senator Says No Feds No Subcommittee in Racing Hearings
Category: How to Race Horses
Kentucky Senator Damon Thayer used fire and brimstone last month to criticize the federal government's involvement in hearings on the use of drugs at Thoroughbred tracks. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In 2004, Birdstone won the Belmont Stakes and The Cliff's Edge scored in the Blue Grass Stakes. Their sons, S.S. Stone and Efficient Edge, got their first wins in June. more...
Category: How to Race Horses
Fox Hill Farm, owner of deceased filly Eight Belles, made its website available to women supporting positive changes in horse racing. The Eight Belles bill resulted. more...
1968 Year of The Detroit Tigers: Pennant-Winning Lineup Led by Horton, Brown, Wert, Pitcher McLain
Category: Baseball History
Miraculous comebacks and the pitching prowess of Denny McLain behind teammates Horton, Brown, and Wert were commonplace in 1968. Every Tiger was a hero. more...
Dutrow's By the Light 5 Straight: A.P. Indy Bred Malibu Moon Has Winning Daughter in Pearl City Race
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Richard Dutrow, Jr. trains other 3-year-old racers, like By the Light, whose daddy, Malibu Moon, was bred by A. P. Indy, and by the way, By the Light is perfect at 5 - 5. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Tall, lanky Zenyatta, a musical namesake, captured the Milady Handicap May 31 to keep her season's record perfect. John Shirreffs trains her for Jerry and Ann Moss. more...
Sharp Cat, Critikola Foals Well: Deliveries of A.P. Indy, Bluegrass Cat Colts Cost Lives of Dams
Category: Horse Breeds
A.P. Indy and Bluegrass Cat foals are nursing well with surrogate mares after the deaths of their birthing dams, Sharp Cat and Critikola, respectively. more...
Smooth Air Wins Ohio Derby: Kentucky Derby Entrant Goes to 4-Length Thistledown Victory
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Smooth Air accomplished marquee status May 31 by winning Ohio's only graded stakes, the Ohio Derby, following his 11th place finish in the Kentucky Derby. more...
Ginger Punch, Hystericalady Roll: Five-Year-Olds Cruise to Seven Length Wins in Phipps, Fleur de Lis
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Ginger Punch and Hystericalady continue to cruise. The former won the Ogden Phipps Handicap, and the latter took the Fleur de Lis Handicap, both clearing 7 lengths. more...
Daytona Carving Turf Reputation: California Miler Overcoming Modest Pedigree With Major Wins
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Daytona, a 4-year-old son of Indian Ridge, is sealing a bid to the fall Breeders' Cup turf races by gobbling up grass wins in California and Louisiana. more...
Denis of Cork in The Triple Crown: Harlan's Holiday--Unbridled Girl Colt Was Derby 3rd, Belmont 2nd
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Harlan's Holiday--Unbridled Girl colt Denis of Cork finished show in the Kentucky Derby and placed in the Belmont Stakes. He's the second best classic 3-year-old. more...
Precious Kitten Wins Rematch: Bobby Frankel Trained Filly Raced for First Time for the Jacksons
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Precious Kitten, trained by Bobby Frankel, started for the first time since being sold to Roy and Gretchen Jackson and won a rematch against Rutherienne. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Da' Tara, trained by Nick Zito, took a wire to wire trip to victory in the Belmont Stakes, while favorite Big Brown didn't fire. Rick Dutrow was baffled by BB's downfall. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Richard Dutrow, Jr. says there is "no way" Big Brown can lose his Triple Crown attempt June 7. Trainer Bob Baffert likes Dutrow's situation, one Baffert has lost 3 times. more...
Brown Awaits Belmont In New Shoes: Lineup Includes Four New Shooters, Preakness 2nd & 3rd, 3 Others
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown will face his Belmont Stakes competition in a new set of glue-on shoes. Four newcomers challenge him. Macho Again and Icabad Crane try again, with 3 others. more...
Joe E. Brown's 1st Baseball Comedy: Fireman, Save My Child Started Baseball Trilogy in 1932
Category: Comic Films
Reviews for Fireman, Save My Child called the baseball picture Joe E.'s best effort to date. Two more baseball farces followed to put Brown back on film's Top Ten. more...
Elmer the "Joe E." Great: Comedian Brown's Lardner Character Was His Greatest Role, Circa 1933
Category: Comic Films
Once upon a time in Hollywood, and elsewhere, Ring Lardner's and Joe E. Brown's characters were morally valued. Brown played Lardner's Elmer the Great in 1933. more...
Joe E. Brown: Comic Baseball Bits: Toledo Boy Starred in Films Featuring Ring Lardner Characters
Category: Comic Films
At a young age, Joe E. Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio and a Toledo native, as well, nearly gave up his pursuit of film to play baseball. Two Lardner plays changed that. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
Storm Cat, a Northern Dancer grandson, and Sadler's Wells, a Northern Dancer son, have been pensioned. Their successful stud careers spanned decades. more...
Belmont Records: TC Trivia: Largest Crowd in 2004; First Official Song Until 1997; Least Fields
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The largest crowd in Belmont Stakes history came out to see Smarty Jones in 2004. What was the race's official song replaced in 1997? What years had the fewest entries? more...
El Gato Malo Grabs Lone Star: Gelding Who By-Passed Derby and Preakness Wins Texas for Dollase
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
El Gato Malo, who had early Kentucky Derby backers, by-passed the Triple Crown races to grab stardom at Texas' Lone Star Park in the Lone Star Derby for trainer Dollase. more...
Horse Racing Safety Panels Formed: Kentucky and National Group (NTRA) Look at Better Safety Measures
Category: Horse Racing (general)
In the wake of the tragic loss of Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby, the state of Kentucky and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association are monitoring safety rules. more...
Racing With Quarter Cracks: Care-Givers Credit Big Brown's Trainer for Healing Time, Soft Shoes
Category: How to Race Horses
Experts who cared for Big Brown credit the colt's trainer for removing him from training long enough to permit quarter cracks to heal, and adding glue-on cushion shoes. more...
Starforaday Uses Big Brown Shoes: Prado, Starforaday Win in Photo Finish on Racing's Longest Day
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Edgar Prado ridden Starforaday got an appropriate photo finish win on Preakness Stakes day, the season's longest card, to help pitch his Big Brown-like, glue-on shoes. more...
Proud Spell, Ginger Punch Rally: Win Kentucky Oaks, Louisville Stakes in Stretch Drives
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Proud Spell and Ginger Punch won their Kentucky Oaks and Louisville Stakes runs, respectively, in impressive stretch drives. The two races were run at Churchill Downs. more...
Belmont Rivals for Big Brown: Casino Drive, Roman Emperor Possible; Denis of Cork, Tomcito In
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown has created a realistic Triple Crown buzz. Casino Drive, Roman Emperor, Denis of Cork, and Tomcito take on possible spoiler roles for the 140th Belmont. more...
1940s Triple Crown Pedigrees: Count Fleet (1943), Citation (1948) Had High Profile Lineage
Category: Horse Breeds
There were four Triple Crown winners in the 1940s. Two of them, Count Fleet and Citation, became high profile stallions, but Whirlaway and Assault had other attributes. more...
Pedigree Favors Big Brown: Boundary Colt Inbred to Northern Dancer and Round Table
Category: Horse Breeds
Triple Crown winners have great pedigrees, and Big Brown is favored here, as well. His daddy, Boundary, and his dam, Mien, trace to Northern Dancer and Round Table. more...
Big Brown Easily Takes Preakness: 2nd Jewel Down, Dutrow's Colt Heads for A New York Triple Crowning
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The Preakness Stakes presented little problem for Big Brown. The Derby champ took the Triple Crown's 2nd jewel with ease, and looks for a New York Triple Crowning day. more...
Joe E. Brown: the Gift of Laughter: From Alibi Ike to Some Like It Hot, Brown Invoked Laughter
Category: Comic Films
Joe E. Brown made the whole world laugh in a comedic film career that spanned five decades. Alibi Ike (1935) and his character in Some Like It Hot (1959) were highlights. more...
Trainers, Owners Aim for Big Brown: Ten More Challengers for Derby Champ; Only Lobo Repeats
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Ten more trainers/owners will challenge Big Brown in the Preakness Stakes Saturday. Only Paulo Lobo, trainer of Gayego, repeats from the Kentucky Derby. more...
Can Big Brown Bounce, Still Win?: Could Kentucky Derby Champ Be Short After Huge Run for the Roses?
Category: Triple Crown Racing
There have been many bouncers in the Preakness Stakes after Kentuck Derby wins. Can Big Brown be a bit short in the Preakness after his big Derby and still win? more...
Giant Moon Gets Bullet Work: First Quarter Run in Blitzing :22.80 at Belmont Park
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Giant Moon's final Preakness Stakes workout Tuesday at Belmont Park went in :22.80 for the first quarter, and was a bullet time of :47.77 for the half mile. more...
More Fatal Triple Crown Races?: Thoroughbred Fans Hope for A Safe Preakness Stakes
Category: How to Race Horses
What is leading to fatalities in the Triple Crown races? Thoroughbred fans are hoping for a safe Preakness Stakes May 17 and the possible crowning of a new TC champ. more...
Are Synthetic Race Tracks Safer?: Not Enough Data Gleaned; Jockeys, Trainers Don't All Agree
Category: How to Race Horses
Debate continues among jockeys, trainers, horses, and horsemen in general as to whether synthetic race track surfaces are safer than regulation dirt tracks. more...
Kentucky Bear Beefs Up for Pimlico: Mr. Greeley Colt Likes Blue Grass; In Preakness for Bear Stables
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Gaining 75 pounds on Kentucky blue grass since Apr.2, Kentucky Bear, third in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, takes on Big Brown in the May 17 Preakness. more...
Horse Bone Is Dense, Vulnerable: Shattered Fragments, Laminitis, Breeding Weak Genes Are Deadly
Category: Horse Care
In any case of leg fracture in a Thoroughbred, healing is slow to occur. Infection and laminitis often result after fractures. Is weak breeding part of the problem? more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Not many Derby horses want another shot at the hotshot, Big Brown. Top trainer Todd Pletcher will go with new shooter Behindatthebar, victor in the Lexington Stakes. more...
Desormeaux Gets 3rd Derby Win: Jockey Rides Big Brown to Run for the Roses Winner's Circle
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Hall of Fame Jockey Kent Desormeaux gambled in moving his tack to New York from California, but ended speculation by romping with Big Brown to his 3rd KD title. more...
Filly Euthanized On Derby Track: Eight Belles Suffers Compound Fractures In Triumph to Tragedy
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Tragedy quickly followed the triumph of Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby as the filly Eight Belles broke both front ankles galloping out past the wire. She finished 2nd. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Records many times go by the wayside, but experience is seldom a losing proposition. Big Brown takes a three-race career against Colonel John, 6-4-2-0-0, Saturday. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
As inhumane conditions for horses and slaughter continue, one Little Cliff, a claiming racehorse named for turf writer Cliff Guilliams, was saved by concerned horsemen. more...
Best Betting Names This Season: Poni Colada Sired by Volponi, Coconut Willamina, by Pleasant Colony
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Kentucky Derby betters this season could go with horses named for owner logic, or cleverness, or mysteriousness, or just for fun. Poni Colada gets the fun title. more...
Triple Crown Trivia: 11 Champs: Only Eleven Thoroughbreds Have Won the Derby, Preakness, Belmont
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Only eleven Thoroughbreds have captured all three classics in the Triple Crown series. Also, just eleven horses could win only the first and the last of the three races. more...
Las Vegas Bets Big Brown No.1: Colonel John, Pyro Complete Trifecta Voting From Nevada for Derby
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Brown, Florida Derby bomber, Colonel John, and Pyro are the preferred Kentucky Derby trifecta as betted on in Las Vegas this week. Court Vision leads the rest, 10-1. more...
Who Was Disposed Of Exceller?: In 1978 Canadian International Champion Beat Seattle Slew, Affirmed
Category: Horse Breeds
Exceller, like Ferdinand, was slaughtered years after he attained stardom on the Thoroughbbred track. He defeated Triple Crown champions Seattle Slew and Affirmed. more...
Category: Horse Breeds
His U.S. owners regretted selling him, but it was too late for Ferdinand. The 1986 Derby champ was "disposed of" in Japan after serving unsuccessfully at stud. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
With War Pass out of the Derby, the next top contenders present a muddied picture. Trainer Todd Pletcher has 2 qualifiers, and two fillies are possible entrants. more...
Some 2008 Stars Will Miss Derby: El Gato Malo, Tomcito, Elysium Fields Among Derby 2nd Tier
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Though earnings qualified, some stakes winners won't get into the Kentucky Derby because of the 20-limit rule. Injuries have eliminated others. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
A basketfull of changes to the Holly Bull Stakes, with the current choice at 1-3/16 miles, could help a youngster prepping for the Kentucky Derby. Hey Byrn took it well. more...
Kentucky Derby Trivia: First Saturday in May Rich In Historical Facts, Data
Category: Triple Crown Racing
The historical data of the Kentucky Derby is resplendent in numbers, beautiful coincidences, and facts. Take the dare. Find your trivia. Discover your own knowledge. more...
Who Might Steal The Kentucky Derby: What Late Bloomer Lurks to Swipe Some Churchill Downs Roses?
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Who will rise at Churchill Downs? Can Giant Moon, or Yankee Bravo, or Texas Wildcatter, or Isabull squeeze into the field and snatch the bouquet of roses? more...
Godolphin Lacked Winner in Dubai: With Curlin the Superhero, Other American Horses Did Well at UAE
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
All Godolphin Racing's hopefuls failed in this year's Dubai World Cup races. American Horse of the Year Curlin starred, as A.P. Arrow, Benny the Bull, others thrilled. more...
Tagg, Pletcher Colts Shine: Tale of Ekati, Monba Bump War Pass, Pyro
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Barclay Tagg's Tale of Ekati and Todd Pletcher's Monba and Cowboy Cal all helped bump War Pass and Pyro from a possible 1-2 Kentucky Derby favorites positioning. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Bob Black Jack, who placed second in the Santa Anita Derby April 5, made the Kentucky Derby Twenty list as Georgie Boy's pulled back muscle eliminated him from the races. more...
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Pyro, not by War Pass's defeat alone, has taken over the pollsters' No.1 Derby favorite position. Although War Pass's fall in the Tampa Bay Derby helped, Pyro is proven. more...
Big Truck Revs in Tampa Bay Derby: Barclay Tagg Trainee Runs Through War Pass, Boosts Pyro to No.1
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Big Truck got his 3rd career victory at Tampa Bay March 15th, running over previously unbeaten War Pass and elevating Pyro to the Run for the Roses favorite. more...
Z Fortune, Cowboy Cal Winning: Asmussen's Third Colt, Pletcher Trainee Lead Derby Secondary Choices
Category: Triple Crown Racing
Steve Asmussen is training an impressive trio this season, with Z Fortune being his third winning entry. 2007 Trainer of the Year Todd Pletcher leads with Cowboy Cal. more...
Pyro Wins Triple Crown Respect: Asmussen Colt Takes Risen Star, Haskin's No.1 Spot for TC Contention
Category: Triple Crown Racing
It's very early in the Triple Crown hunt, yet Pyro's victory in the Risen Star Stakes earned him Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen No.1and mention for the Triple Crown. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Cigar and Pleasantly Perfect are the only horses to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the fall and follow that up with a victory in the UAE Dubai Classic the next spring. more...
Bailey, Dettori Dominate in Dubai: Two Jockeys Lead UAE World Cup Classic With Seven Total Wins
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jerry Bailey retired with an all-time leading win record of four victories in World Cup Classic races. Frankie Dettori, still riding, has three UAE triumphs. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
With Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, and Barbaro behind him, 2007 Preakness and Breeders' Cup victor Curlin will put hero worship on the line in Dubai. more...
Curlin, Rags to Riches Win Eclipse: Asmussen Colt and Pletcher Filly Garnered the Top 2007 Awards
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Steve Asmussen's Curlin, the colt from nowhere, became 2007's best, while Todd Pletcher's top filly, Rags to Riches captured the Eclipse Award for best three-year-old. more...
Shoemaker's 23 Kentucky Derbies: The Shoe Topped Arcaro and Hartack in Run for the Roses Rides
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Bill "Willie" Shoemaker had more Kentucky Derby mounts than his contemporary rival, Bill Hartack, and Eddie Arcaro, who was finishing his career in the 1960s. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Eddie Arcaro is the only jockey in history to ride two Triple Crown champions, winning in 1941 and 1948. He was the first of two jockeys to win five Kentucky Derbies. more...
Bill Hartack Dies At 74: Jockey Rode Iron Liege, Majestic Prince, Canada's Northern Dancer
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In nine Kentucky Derbies, Hartack won five times, including with Iron Liege, Majestic Prince and Canada's Northern Dancer. He died last month at age 74. more...
Mohawk Raceway Hosted NA Cup: Behind Main Event Champ Tell All, Laughing Art Won Consolation
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Seven other stakes races were held at Canada's Mohawk Raceway behind Tell All's victory in the main event. Laughing Art won the Consolation. Boulder Creek set a record. more...
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Arch Madness and Artist's View won the three-year-old trot and pace championships, respectively, in the Breeders' Crown season-ending harness competitions in New Jersey. more...
John Henry: A Legend Passes On: 1980s Gelding Rated 23rd All Time by Blood-Horse, Won 39 of 83 Trips
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Among the top Thoroughbred money earners, John Henry posted 83 times, going 39-15-9 in the late 1970s and early 1980s under rider Chris McCarron. He died Oct. 8. more...
Any Given Saturday to Darley Stud: Pletcher-Schooled Colt Joins Street Sense, Hard Spun For Top Fees
Category: Horse Breeds
Any Given Saturday, of A.P. Indy blood, came on late to grab three straight victories this summer. He'll stand at Darley for top dollar with Street Sense and Hard Spun. more...
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
In 4 starts, War Pass is perfect. Nick Zito's Mr. Prospector colt last won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He wired the field of two-year-olds to become 2008's hot ticket. more...
Frankel's Ginger Punch Wins BC: Trainer Absent As Filly Beats the Best in Breeders' Cup Distaff
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
While trainer Bobby Frankel chose to stay home, Ginger Punch punched her own ballot for female older horse honors in winning the competitive BC Distaff Oct. 27th. more...
Pari-Mutuel Betting Origins: Wagering On the Horses Originated in France, Not England
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Although Americans adopted and refined much of its horse racing culture from the English, pari-mutuel betting at the race track is a gift from the French. more...
Comparing Early Harness Sulkies: From Heavy Highwheelers to Light Bicycle Wheels, the Sulky Evolved
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
Truss axles and crossbars holding heavy wooden wheels higher than the driver's seat gave way to "bike" wheeled, speedy, low-slung sulkies for harness racing. more...
Equines, Humans Get Mosquito Virus: Hoof and Mouth Disease Transmitted This Year Without Publicity
Category: Horses (general)
While equine and human encephalitis cases were recorded this year, an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease in Minnesota received little public notice. more...
Hambletonian Influenced Pacing: Trotters Were Elite Before Rysdyk Bred Messenger's Grandson
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
William Rysdyk raced Hambletonian to prove his trotting worth, then bred the colt to acquire a small fortune. In the 1860s, Hambletonian's get were great pacers. more...
Understanding Horse Racing Gaits: Standardbreds Pace, or Trot; Thoroughbreds Canter, Run, or Gallop
Category: Horse Racing (general)
Breeding gives the Standardbred the instinct for pacing and trotting; training completes the instinct. Race horses, Thoroughbreds, use a four-beat gait. more...
Breeders' Cup Goes to 2-Day Format: Classic Championship Saturday; 3 Races Friday Start at 4:20 P.M.
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Eight races are scheduled on day two, Saturday Oct. 27th, in the Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park, New Jersey. First post is 12:30 pm. Friday's 3 races begin at 4:20 pm. more...
Who Was The Old Gray Mare?: Lady Suffolk, Champion Long Island Trotter, Acquired the Nickname
Category: Harness/Trotting Racing
The Old Gray Mare, Lady Suffolk, campaigned for 16 seasons to the title "Queen of the Turf". She was a champion Standardbred under saddle and to sulky in the 1840s. more...
Panty Raid, Vacare Qualify for BC: Tough Tiz's Sis Grabs Lady's Secret Handicap from Hystericalady
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Trainers Todd Pletcher (again) and Christophe Clement got invited to the Breeders' Cup through their fillies' wins. Tough Tiz's Sis may be supplemented. more...
Injuries Mar Keeneland's Saturday: Off Duty, Wicked Style, Purim Pump Up Race Fans After Tragedies
Category: Thoroughbred Racing
Four-year-old Off Duty, five-year-old Purim, and two-year-old Wicked Style offered what thoroughbred race fans show up to see and saved the day from sad events. more...