“You have to do the best with what God gave you.” —Sally Field as Tom Hanks’ mother in Forest Gump [1994] It is an apocryphal story, one that cannot be...
If you’re old enough, you’ll remember baseball’s New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner as one of the most controversial figures in sports in the 1970s. His outspokenness and political activities...
There is perhaps nothing more mythically American than the up-by-the-bootstraps working class striver whose path to success involves fulfilling one’s dream through hard work, persistence and a little luck. That...
As Country Grammer entered the final 100 yards of his stretch run in Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup, it seemed certain the enigmatic son of Tonalist (out of Arabian Song...
Like the athletes who competed in the recent Winter Olympics, Thoroughbred racehorses train all their competitive lives to participate in a sport that can mirror a full life in brief minutes....
Like his 2021 first-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, the results of the necropsy performed on Medina Spirit remain inconclusive. The three-year-old colt died suddenly Dec. 6 after finishing a...
Though his career-ending loss to Life Is Good in the Pegasus World Cup (G1) may have disappointed fans, Knicks Go ended his racing career by taking home Eclipse Award honors...
It wasn’t a gimme, but nothing has ever been for the little horse that finished third in the Kentucky Derby (G1), ran his heart out for second place to Essential...
What was supposed to be a farewell retirement party for the 2021 Longines IFHA World’s Best Racehorse of the Year, the certain North American Eclipse Award Horse of the Year...
Medina Spirit collapsed and died on a Monday morning earlier this month after a routine five-furlong workout at Santa Anita in preparation for an undetermined race in which he would...
This year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, Medina Spirit, collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack following a five-furlong training workout earlier today at Santa Anita Park. The announcement came...
"I've always found this a trying time of the year. Give me blizzards and frozen pipes, but not this nothing time, not this waiting room of the world.” —C.S. Lewis...
What turned out to be a slam dunk began as a what-if as a stellar eight-horse field lined up in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. The storyline posed...
Thoroughbred racing has a new female star. Echo Zulu blasted out of gate 6 to assume a lead that was never challenged on her way to a hand-ride 5 1/2-length...
Fausto Gutierrez is a breed apart in the exclusive world of Thoroughbred trainers. For one thing, he’s the son of a lawyer whose family had no connection to the racing...
Climate change has introduced the phrase “100-year storm” to describe an event that occurs just once in a century. What happened Sunday in the centenary running of the Prix de...
Godolphin’s Essential Quality all but locked up the Eclipse Award as Champion Three-Year-Old Male with a classy victory, wearing down a determined Midnight Bourbon in the stretch to win Saturday’s...
Whether you’re the kind of person who thinks the Daily Racing Form should be required reading or a casual fan who follows the sport only on Kentucky Derby day, you’ll...
This Saturday is Runhappy Travers Day at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, NY. It’s the penultimate Saturday on the Saratoga summer racing schedule, but the season’s ultimate day for...
One is a speedy front-runner. Another a stalker pouncing in the deep stretch as the speed withers. The third is a natural closer, saving a quick burst of speed for...
