Author Archives: John Wilkinson

[caption id="attachment_580" align="alignnone" width="466"] Jockey Johnny King hangs on as his mount Arbritrageur went airborne before a race at Ireland’s Laytown Racecourse. Both would be ok. (Photo: Healy Racing, via...

[copied and pasted from facebook] PRESLEY AKA SATAN BACK STORY### I operate a rehabilitation center and I was contacted by friends of mine that had just got a new farm....

By now, you’ve likely seen this amazingly awesome photo somewhere on the internet. Like so many viral images and videos and internet memes, this photo took on a life of its own,...

Hello horse fans, Boy, this is awkward. I realize most of you probably hate my guts—I get that—but I figured that with few days to cool off, maybe you hate...

That grisly shot below is the heel of California Chrome after the Belmont. A common racetrack injury referred to as “grabbing the quarter” where a horse strikes the side or...

California Chrome—certified American Hero—The People's Horse—The Triple Crown Slump Buster—staggered home in yesterday's Belmont Stakes in a tie for 4th. Deflating, to say the least, but not unfathomable, if you've...

By the time Secretariat arrived at the Belmont in 1973, the world knew his name. His record setting romps in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes solidified this glistening chestnut...

Here is your 2014 Kentucky Derby winner folks, at the ripe age of one day. Who could have known this undeniably cute but otherwise nondescript chestnut born almost 3,000 miles...

The field is set for Saturday's 140th Kentucky Derby. DO YOU HAVE A HORSE YET?! Come on, it doesn't matter if you follow horse racing, you're going to watch and...

There are but three Constitutional requirements to become President of these United States: must be a natural born citizen, must have lived in the country for no fewer than 14...