You've probably seen this archaic image of equine locomotion floating about the internet at some point or another: [caption id="attachment_1396" align="alignnone" width="500"] via Tumblr[/caption] What you might not know is...
Ever feel like your horse is just a bit...underdressed? Of course not, but I dare you to say this horse does not look dapper in his Harris Tweed suit. Just...
Snow-capped mountains surround the vast, frozen valley floor as opportunistic sunlight bleeds through cracks in the clouds that blanket the big sky. The controlled cadence of clopping hooves and the patter...
More than thirty years ago, Ireland's Coolmore Stud added to its holdings a 500 acre slice of Kentucky bluegrass called Ashford Stud. Included with the farm was a stallion, Storm Bird, the sire...
This is it. The entire Shetland Pony race calendar has been pointed to this moment right here—the Shetland Pony Grand National at Olympia. These are the fastest ponies in Great...
Not that Coolmore will need much help selling the virtues of American Pharoah to potential breeders, but the global bloodstock superpower has orchestrated an exceptional marketing piece for their prized...
One of horse racing's most beloved modern stars is back in the news this week. 2004 dual classic winner Smarty Jones is leaving his native Pennsylvania to stand at Kentucky's...
It could have been bad. Real bad. Two horses hitting the ground simultaneously, their jockeys going down with them. This frightening scene played out during a novice hurdle race last Saturday...
Maria Borell, trainer of 2015 Breeders' Cup Sprint Champion Runhappy, has released the following statement in response to Sunday's disclosure that she was fired by Runhappy's owners, Gallery Racing the morning...
Of American Pharoah’s Travers Stakes loss in late August, turf writer Steve Haskin wrote, “He and Frosted gutted each other and crawled home.” NBC’s Jerry Bailey, himself a Hall of...
With Saturday's romp into retirement, American Pharoah put an emphatic stamp on a brief but legendary career. As racing's first Grand Slam champion, his 3-year-old campaign will go down as...
One of the more mainstream criticisms of horse racing is the overall lack of transparency and access. Sure, you can stroll into any racetrack in America, plop down a couple bets...
Two days, 13 races, hundreds of the world's top thoroughbreds, jockeys and trainers all competing on one track with $26 million up for grabs. It's thoroughbred racing's grandest stage. It's...
It’s 25 minutes until post time on a picturesque October afternoon at Keeneland Racecourse. Out of the jockey’s room steps a young woman dressed for work: tall black riding boots,...
War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, is back on American soil after a nearly 13 year run as a stallion in Japan. Once he clears quarantine, War...
Hall of Fame horseman John Nerud passed away yesterday at the age of 102. He will forever be remembered as the trainer of the great Dr. Fager, who in 1968...
I have to admit I’ve fallen under the spell of American Pharoah. The computer advises me that it doesn’t recognize that spelling of “Pharaoh”, and for my information and edification...
The horse who could not lose strutted onto the track at Belmont Park on a hot July day, 40 years ago. The eyes of all 50,000 in attendance, and tens...
This story begins in a stall. It was deep into the Texas night in April of 2009 where on a ranch outside of Austin, new life was on its way....
Saturday, 6:30am. Belmont Park. A muddy tack and lingering rain greet the morning’s athletes and the backside is soupy. It appears business as usual until golf carts filled with Big...
