Category Archives: Racing

Around the world and back again, California Chrome returns to action this Saturday in the (GII) San Diego Handicap at Del Mar. It will be the colt's first start since...

The body of 37-year-old horse trainer Monique Snowden was pulled from the Green River Sunday night near her home in Enumclaw, WA. Authorities believe Snowden committed suicide by jumping from a bridge....

Ireland is a country rich in history, tradition, and pride in its national heritage. If pressed to select just a couple of its greatest international exports, you wouldn't be wrong to...

Champion California Chrome will be running for much more than bragging rights and big checks in the future. His connections have pledged a portion of the colt's future earnings will be...

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will make his next start in the $1,000,000 (GI) Haskell Invitational on July 31 at Monmouth Park, trainer Doug O'Neill confirmed on Monday. The decorated colt...

If Andrew Lakeman had never returned to Belmont Park for the rest of his life, no one could blame him. It was on that very oval in May of 2007,...

Some days were made for staying in bed. For jockey Chris Meehan that day was July 3rd, when the 22-year-old Northern Irishman suffered a series of preposterously painful events at Italy's Merano...

Last year's most intoxicating horse racing story not involving American Pharoah was that of the perfectly named and impossibly fast colt, Runhappy. As the 3-year-old piled up wins and smashed...

Blending elements of flat racing, steeplechase and pure insanity, the races at Germany's Bad Harzburg Racecourse are a true test of fitness and grit. Each summer Bad Harzburg hosts a...

It's impossible to fully appreciate a sport when you're a bystander. Sure, you go to a horse race and hear the thunderous parade of hooves and the shouts of encouragement from...

Born in 1886, Tenny was the son of French stallion Rayon d’Or and American mare Belle of Maywood. He was born with unconventional conformation, and as a consequence, was sold...

Saturday at Belmont turned out to be a redemption day for a pair of paternally connected colts. As North America's top sire for the past two years, Tapit has plenty of feathers...

We've been so spoiled of late. First it was California Chrome, the gleaming chestnut with the truck stop owners who stirred over 100,000 people to Belmont Park in 2014. Last...

Let’s take a minute to talk about this race, shall we? War Admiral’s performance in the 1937 Belmont Stakes is almost certainly the high point of his amazing career. Beyond...

When the mighty Beholder finally calls it a day as a racehorse, she will soon join her Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella in racing’s most exclusive club. With the ultimate...

We are still a week and a half away from the Festival de Belmont Stakes, but fortunately, we need not wait that long to feast our eyes upon the greatest...

In a lifetime around horses, many were treasured family and teachers of an uncommon kind. Usually the best of them had something that made them "undesirable" and a hard sell...

With the Triple Crown off the table for 2016, you might think that there is no drama left for the upcoming Belmont Stakes. But, believe it or not, this horse race...

It's no secret that many an Irish are born with horses in their veins. At ages when most children are learning to ride bicycles with training wheels, these youngsters are...

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...