Category Archives: Racing

It’s a pleasantly mild Wednesday evening in late May. There are 10 races on the evening card and while the Thoroughbreds racing this evening are hardly world class, most rated...

Spring in the Bluegrass is full of many pleasant things but among those at the top of my list are the variety of equestrian events that usher in the season....

The Preakness would like you to know that it’s not just the Triple Crown’s middle child. While few things in sports can compete with the pageantry and magnitude of the Kentucky...

The First Saturday in May could not have come soon enough for Todd Pletcher. The venerable trainer who has won (*cue the Eagles*) everything, all the time, brought his usual...

With its long and storied past, the Kentucky Derby has a history filled with unforgettable horses and performances. Gear up for Kentucky Derby 143 by reliving 10 of the most...

In 2015 there was Mubtaahij, who brought mystery and intrigue to Kentucky after winning the UAE Derby in Dubai, only to finish 9th. Last year, it was looney Lani who...

The sport of Thoroughbred horse racing is often referred to as a “numbers game,” and there’s certainly no better example than the Kentucky Derby. The historic “Run for the Roses”...

As horse people, we invariably get asked the same question this time of year: "Who's your Derby horse?" Whether or not you actually follow thoroughbred racing, or once taught an...

In a race that shaped up as a tactical challenge, Hong Kong 's leading jockey general Joao Moriera led Japanese runner Neorealism to the lead on the backstretch then hung...

The Kentucky Derby kicks off the Spring racing season and the Triple Crown in the U.S. in a mere week away and features an "any horse can win" theme this...

There are many events that have provided me much excitement in the racing industry. Covering big races and horses as a journalist, meeting racing people I worshipped as a child, and...

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 the mainstream. Timber racing is...

A few weeks ago, I received a Facebook message. It was a screen-shot of a comment written in a lot of rage; a comment about me. This person was stating...

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. In a sport that often...

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 home by breaking last but...

"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 World Cup Carnival. Spargo is...

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 by Emirates Airline. Fittingly, he...

Social media is a frenzy of opinions, from politics to ponies, and everything in between. But one abnormal topic recently caught fire in the frenzy not once, but twice: stallion...

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. The colts and fillies born...

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 World Cup day. The biggest...