Tag Archives: Legends

Walk into any sports stadium and you'll see them. Retired numbers, hung up in the rafters or on the fences. Retiring those numbers honors the greats of that particular sport....

Count Fleet, racing's sixth Triple Crown champion, was always known to be an enthusiastic stud who never really outgrew his love for the ladies. This preoccupation sometimes got him into trouble, such...

There's a horse running Friday at Pimlico that you need to see. He is not a classically bred stallion-in-waiting, in fact, he can't even reproduce. He never ran for the roses,...

Ogden M. "Dinny" Phipps, former Jockey Club Chairman and prominent horseman, died Wednesday night April 6, 2016, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was 75-years old. A...

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...

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...

War Admiral's owner, Sam Riddle, initially disliked the foal for being too small—certainly not like his majestic father, Man o' War. The colt, however, proved to be the best of...

Thoroughbred legend Cigar passed away last night at the age of 24. According to the Kentucky Horse Park, Cigar died "from complications following surgery for severe osteoarthritis in some of...

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...