Category Archives: Racing

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist will not compete in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O'Neill told Daily Racing Form Tuesday morning. Blood tests performed on Monday after the colt spiked a...

Plans to ship Nyquist to Belmont Park on Monday have been put on hold as the Kentucky Derby champ spiked a mild fever. As first reported by DRF, Nyquist had...

Horse racing lost a potential Triple Crown tonight on the muddy banks of the Preakness, but gained a formidable rivalry filled with intrigue and full of run. Exaggerator surged down...

Look, we'd like to see Nyquist get his proverbial "Preak on" this afternoon at Pimlico and keep this party going another couple of weeks. What can we say? The Triple...

Phillip Dutton has spent more time on the backs of thoroughbreds than many jockeys. The Australamerican has piloted such ex-racehorses as TruLuck and The Foreman around numerous 4* events, and is currently...

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,...

It took many years before there was an ability to tell this individual's story. Even now, there's a tightness around my heart just thinking about him. There was nothing ordinary about...

This week John and Darin recap the Kentucky Derby and look ahead to the Preakness Stakes. Along with that, we dig a bit deeper into the story of Nyquist's jockey Mario Gutierrez. The...

It's been a pretty laid back week for Kentucky Derby champion Nyquist as he settles into the backside at Pimlico Race Course in anticipation of next Saturday's Preakness Stakes. Since...

Millionaires, billionaires and gazillionaires of all ages...grab your fastest thoroughbred, a $1 million check and your finest panama hat and head down to Gulfstream Park on January 28, 2017, for...

Frank Hayes, stableman and trainer by trade, and maiden racer Sweet Kiss, hold a bizarre distinction in racing history. The pair competed in only one race, and though they won,...

Moments after reaching the pinnacle of his profession for the second time in as many tries, jockey Mario Gutierrez sat atop the colt named Nyquist as mounted reporter Donna Barton Brothers hustled...

If you go straight back along Nyquist's sire line you will eventually find Caro. Caro was standing at Spendthrift Farm in 1982. Walter Christensen, coach of the Swedish Olympic dressage...

There were questions coming in. Sure, Nyquist was undefeated, but was he really fast enough? Was he fit enough to stay the distance in his first test beyond a mile...

The race may still be half an hour away but Johnny Weir and his tweet-powered brooch have already taken the early lead for most memorable moment at this year's Kentucky Derby....

In the all too abbreviated careers of racing’s elite, few horses manage to breakthrough and command the affection of the general public. Rachel Alexandra was one of the few. After...

The field is set for Saturday’s 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. DO YOU HAVE A HORSE YET?! Come on, it doesn’t matter if you follow horse racing, don't care...

Hey, it's Kentucky Derby week. A little like Mardis Gras, but with horses. The days preceding the big dance are a mixture of anxiousness, unbridled optimism and general nervous laughter....

It has been an eventful few years for California Chrome. Two years ago the cal-bred chestnut lit up the Triple Crown trail with wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness...

It's that time of year, my friends. The time when we celebrate grace, beauty and speed with an historic alcoholic beverage. Specifically, the Mint Julep. It's a rather straightforward concoction,...