Racing
“Insanity and Brilliance”: Timber Racing Featured on 60 Minutes
The sport of timber racing was profiled in last night’s episode of 60 Minutes, bringing one of America’s oldest, and perhaps unsung horse sports into…
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Classic Empire Regains Form and Restores Order On Road to the Kentucky Derby
On paper it reads like a coronation: a big-money yearling turned 2-year-old champion, and now the expected Kentucky Derby favorite fresh off Arkansas Derby triumph.…
2 years ago
Racing
Arrogate An All-Time Great in Dubai World Cup
If there were any remaining doubts about his greatness, Arrogate shot them down and cemented his still-youthful legacy on a rain-soaked track 8,015 miles from…
2 years ago
Racing
The “Wizard” of Dubai
“What a freak!” gushed Terry Spargo following the “Wizard’s” most recent mesmerizing Carnival performance. But this Carnival is not a circus; it’s the annual Dubai…
2 years ago
Racing
Arrogate Headlines “Loaded” Field for Dubai Word Cup
Arrogate, the current “Longines World’s Best Racehorse”, will defend his top rating from the number 9 post against 13 competitors in Saturday’s $10 million Dubai World Cup sponsored…
2 years ago
Breeding
A Visit to California Chrome’s New Kentucky Home
Taylor Made Farm is bursting at the seams with over 500 horses, mares, foals and yearlings, on its 1100 acre breeding farm near Nicholasville, Kentucky.…
2 years ago
Racing
Super Saturday Full of Surprises
Favorites fell and new potential stars shone brightly as “Super Saturday” became “Surprise Saturday” at Meydan, re-shuffling the pecking order for the March 25 Dubai…
2 years ago
Racing
MeydanRoyal Blue Flush
Timing is everything and with Super Saturday a week away, Godolphin put its best clockers in the post and came away with a royal blue…
2 years ago
Racing
Champion Thoroughbred Charismatic Dies at 21
The image is seared in the minds of Thoroughbred racing fans. It’s the end of the 1999 Belmont Stakes and as Charismatic’s Triple Crown hopes…
2 years ago
Racing
Nashmiah Steals the Show in Dubai
This week’s Dubai World Cup Carnival featured an unusual two meetings on Thursday and Saturday and more than one unusual finish. It’s rare that winning…
2 years ago
Racing
Globetrotting Mare Steals the Show at Meydan
We all know change can be a good thing. That maxim was proved at the World Cup Carnival as Furia Cruzada changed countries for the fifth…
2 years ago
Racing
Trainers on the Trail
Not sure who to pay attention to this Kentucky Derby season? The Kentucky Derby trail is quickly heating up with less than 100 days until…
2 years ago
Racing
Godolphin Flexes With Five Wins at Meydan Carnival
Blue was the color of the fourth meeting of the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan Thursday as hometown equine empire Godolphin and its boys…
2 years ago
Racing
Well-Aged: Mike Smith Still “Money” on the Big Stage
As the world’s richest horse race nears its inaugural running, it seems only fitting that the world’s best big-money rider would not only be involved,…
2 years ago
Racing
Chrome and Arrogate: The $12 Million Rematch
Turning for home with a 1-1/2 length lead and a head full of steam in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, it seemed like a mere…
2 years ago
Racing
Man o’War Turned 100 and the Kentucky Horse Park is Having a Party
“Folks talk about ‘second Man o’ Wars’. There ain’t any ‘second Man o’ Wars’. This is the greatest hoss of them all. Nobody will ever…
2 years ago
OTTB
California Chrome: Future Polo Pony?
At 5:30am on Monday morning, polo champion Nic Roldan and friends arrived at Gulfstream Park outside Miami to meet The Champ himself, California Chrome…and what…
2 years ago
Racing
California Chrome Wins 2016 Horse of the Year
California Chrome was voted 2016 Horse of the Year, an honor which he also won in 2014, at the 46th Annual Eclipse Awards ceremony at…
2 years ago
Racing
Another ‘Championship’ Week in Dubai
The Al Fahidi Fort is named after Dubai’s oldest structure, built in 1787, and the winner of this year’s 7-furlong Group 2 feature was 6-year-old…
2 years ago
Racing
“The Wizard” Makes Magic in Dubai
Local favorite Reynaldothewizard proved there is still some magic left in his 11-year-old hooves as he poofed away his competitors to win his third consecutive 3/4-mile…