Category Archives: History

Picture this: you are on an expanse of green grass nine times the size of a football field. Beneath you an athletic thoroughbred stands poised, ready to leap into a...

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...

Attention horse shoppers: unimpressed by the offerings on your local Facebook classified page? It may be time to give the Great White North a shot. "Well, of course," you might...

On May 8, 1936, jockey Ralph Neves was thrown from his horse in an ugly chain-reaction spill during a race at Bay Meadows. His horse, Fannikins, landed on top of...

The Kentucky Derby is like a tattoo on Uncle Sam—it's loud, proud, and permanently American. What's so unique about the Kentucky Derby is how little has changed since the inaugural Run...

Baseball, boxing and horse racing. At the turn of the 20th century they were the big three of American sports. And clearly the most favored of all was horse racing,...

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...

That grisly shot below is the heel of California Chrome after the Belmont. A common racetrack injury referred to as “grabbing the quarter” where a horse strikes the side or...

There are but three Constitutional requirements to become President of these United States: must be a natural born citizen, must have lived in the country for no fewer than 14...