This is it. The entire Shetland Pony race calendar has been pointed to this moment right here—the Shetland Pony Grand National at Olympia. These are the fastest ponies in Great...
Not that Coolmore will need much help selling the virtues of American Pharoah to potential breeders, but the global bloodstock superpower has orchestrated an exceptional marketing piece for their prized...
One of horse racing's most beloved modern stars is back in the news this week. 2004 dual classic winner Smarty Jones is leaving his native Pennsylvania to stand at Kentucky's...
It could have been bad. Real bad. Two horses hitting the ground simultaneously, their jockeys going down with them. This frightening scene played out during a novice hurdle race last Saturday...
Maria Borell, trainer of 2015 Breeders' Cup Sprint Champion Runhappy, has released the following statement in response to Sunday's disclosure that she was fired by Runhappy's owners, Gallery Racing the morning...
Of American Pharoah’s Travers Stakes loss in late August, turf writer Steve Haskin wrote, “He and Frosted gutted each other and crawled home.” NBC’s Jerry Bailey, himself a Hall of...
With Saturday's romp into retirement, American Pharoah put an emphatic stamp on a brief but legendary career. As racing's first Grand Slam champion, his 3-year-old campaign will go down as...
One of the more mainstream criticisms of horse racing is the overall lack of transparency and access. Sure, you can stroll into any racetrack in America, plop down a couple bets...
Two days, 13 races, hundreds of the world's top thoroughbreds, jockeys and trainers all competing on one track with $26 million up for grabs. It's thoroughbred racing's grandest stage. It's...
It’s 25 minutes until post time on a picturesque October afternoon at Keeneland Racecourse. Out of the jockey’s room steps a young woman dressed for work: tall black riding boots,...
War Emblem, the 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, is back on American soil after a nearly 13 year run as a stallion in Japan. Once he clears quarantine, War...
Hall of Fame horseman John Nerud passed away yesterday at the age of 102. He will forever be remembered as the trainer of the great Dr. Fager, who in 1968...
I have to admit I’ve fallen under the spell of American Pharoah. The computer advises me that it doesn’t recognize that spelling of “Pharaoh”, and for my information and edification...
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...
Saturday, 6:30am. Belmont Park. A muddy tack and lingering rain greet the morning’s athletes and the backside is soupy. It appears business as usual until golf carts filled with Big...
Twenty years from now, Lord willing, someone will ask you about the 2015 Belmont Stakes and its champion, American Pharoah. And you will of course remember exactly where you were,...
[caption id="attachment_422" align="alignnone" width="640"] Smokey leads American Pharoah onto the track for a jog on Friday morning.[/caption] “He’s my favorite horse in the barn,” Baffert boasted. “He’s such a cool...
From his first wobbly steps over the Kentucky bluegrass, much has been expected of the bay colt they call American Pharoah, who will attempt to become just the 12th Triple Crown...
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...
