Category Archives: Racing

It was the summer of 2015 and Boyd Martin needed a new horse. With the Rio Olympics on the horizon and the retirement of four-star veterans Otis Barbotiere and Trading...

If there is a debate about the best Kentucky Derby entry ever, there surely must be a flip-side. And a strong contender for the title of “Worst Derby Starter” was...

A pair of Queens, the King of Churchill and an Ace jock complete a stellar hand of newly elected National Museum of Racing Hall of Famers to be formally enshrined...

Contrary to popular belief, Triple Crown winners do not grow on trees. While it's true great horses can come from just about anywhere, in the thoroughbred industry there are but...

Phil Kroll is seldom satisfied with the technical aspects of his photography, but in horses he can find no fault. It’s a dichotomy that is to the great benefit of...

The fabulous and freakish freight train filly better known as Songbird will miss the Kentucky Oaks after spiking a low grade fever, her owner Rick Porter announced via facebook. This...

Call the hogs, batter the okra and pour ya a glass cause it's Arkansas Derby day, y'all. As the final major prep on the road to Churchill Downs, the Ar-Kansas...

The sky was clear, the temp perfectly tepid and all eyes were fixed on Nyquist as the 3-year-old colt hit the track for a 5 furlong breeze at Keeneland early...

The name Barbaro will forever conjure a sharp sense of tragedy. The image of the champion colt pulled up just a few strides from the starting gate in the Preakness...

Five people were injured when a racehorse crashed through a safety barrier and into a group of spectators in France on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/hnracing/status/720671013210615808 The incident happened on the final straight of...

It's one thing to earn the status of prohibitive Kentucky Derby out on the track, as Nyquist has dutifully done in his brief but brilliant career. This is a fast,...

The 2016 colt foaled by beloved mare Zenyatta has passed away, Lane's End Farm announced via the Team Zenyatta website. The colt, by War Front, was born on April 10th....

For all of their majestic qualities, thoroughbreds have historically been given some awfully wretched names. Here's a few of my favorites. Spanker (1670) - Also known as Pelham’s Bay Arabian...

What is the origin of horsepower? Does it begin with a push of the hooves? Is it ignited in the hindquarters? Could it be the crest of the neck shooting...

The Grand National is much more than a horse race. Like the Kentucky Derby, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Melbourne Cup, it's an all-out institution. A cultural celebration with a folklore...

Today is an embarrassment of riches for racing fans. The Kentucky Derby and Oaks fields will begin to crystalize after today's slate of preps with the Wood Memorial, Bluegrass Stakes,...

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...

Like any good vacation, it must have felt like it took California Chrome forever to get there. Although, in his case, it kind of did. After smoking the rest of the...

Grantland Rice, the great early-20th Century American sportswriter once wrote, "For when the One Great Scorer comes, To write against your name, He marks—not that you won or lost—But how...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6r0ufRf3Ug As Secretariat approached the turn for home, still picking up speed, Belmont Park race announcer Chic Anderson uttered the most memorable and perfectly accurate line in racing history: "He is...