The near-mile-long Meydan Grandstand will be near-vacant, filled only with horses’ connections and few invited guests. Even media will be relatively sparse for one of Thoroughbred racing’s most significant annual...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, owner and breeder of Shadwell Stud, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and older brother of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin...
Racing fans in general and Zenyatta fans in particular were disheartened to learn last week that 17-year-old Champion Street Cry daughter and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta lost her...
After a surprising 2020, it was no surprise that pandemic-altered Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic claimed dual crowns as Champion Three-Year-Old Male and Horse of the Year...
“Greatness,” summed up Brad Cox when asked to reflect on Knicks Go’s sublime performance, a gate-to-wire 2 3/4 length victory over a competitive field in the fifth running of the...
Juddmonte Farms has announced the Jan. 12 death of founder Prince Khalid bin Abdullah. No cause of death was announced though a statement says Prince Khalid passed peacefully. He was...
To recap the year that was, we asked horsemen and women from all spectrums of the industry to write a holiday letter to the year 2020. This is the third...
Happy soon-to-be New Year’s 2021! Before we let 2020 out of the barn, there are a few important stories and updates from this year you may have missed. Horse Racing...
The complex rules governing enactment of American law worked to horses’ benefit late Sunday night when President Trump signed the $2.3 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief bill into law. Included in...
The Longines Hong Kong International Races are four year-end Grade 1 contests billed as the “Turf World Championships.” They are the last of the year’s significant worldwide race meets and...
For the first time in history, three winners of all three Japanese Triple Crown races squared off against each other in the 40th running of the Longines Japan Cup at...
“All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story”—Isak Dinesen Steve Melen is a lucky man. He's a successful financial advisor and a likeable person. It’s difficult...
If you are in the news business, particularly sports and politics since the two seem co-mingled these days, you’re familiar with the term “horse race.” In politics, the “horse race”...
In moves that may pre-sage others, Spendthrift owner B. Wayne Hughes dug deep into his pockets as the hammer at Keeneland’s Fasig-Tipton November mixed sale came down—very gently—for $9.5 million...
He had just tied legendary trainer Ben Jones with his sixth Kentucky Derby win saddling Authentic at a spectator-less Churchill Downs Sept. 5, but Bob Baffert seemed more surprised than...
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY later today and Saturday for the first time since their inaugural running at U.S. racing’s most picturesque...
“Don’t let it be forgot that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment….”—Alan Jay Lerner In the midst of an unpredictable global pandemic and a contentious American...
The international racing world turns its attention to Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, KY this week for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Friday and Saturday. The iconic course in the heart...
I know readers come here to “lose” themselves in horses; for many of you to gain some distance, some relief, from daily stress, from real-life losses great and small. I...
