20 May 2013 10:11 PM
You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race....
17 May 2013 1:00 PM
This year's Preakness is all about Orb. And then there are his eight opponents, most of whom are worthy adversaries, with a case to be made for any of them to step up and run a big race. ...
15 May 2013 9:20 PM
Steve shares photos from his first 2 days at Pimlico....
15 May 2013 1:07 PM
The name Preakness has been right at the top of the racing vernacular for years, yet many people have no idea what or who Preakness is....
12 May 2013 5:53 PM
History, it is said, repeats itself, and it will do just that in the 138th Preakness Stakes....
09 May 2013 8:29 PM
Up until the five-sixteenths pole of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Gary Stevens was envisioning a fairy tale victory aboard the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Oxbow only five months after returning to the saddle following a seven-year retirement....
08 May 2013 10:16 AM
Don't be surprised if two of the participants, who could go off as the two top choices, begin gaping at each other, as two childhood playmates might do meeting years later....
06 May 2013 8:19 PM
The day finally had arrived. Everything had gone perfectly for Orb and trainer Shug McGaughey...
03 May 2013 2:41 PM
The time finally has come to make something resembling selections....
02 May 2013 4:37 PM
So, the post position draw finally is out of the way and none of the major contenders got burned....
01 May 2013 4:20 PM
The four unknowingly helped inspire the name of Kentucky Derby contender Normandy Invasion, along with the other thousands of brave soldiers who participated in the historic events of June 6, 1944. ...
30 Apr 2013 3:18 PM
Each year, there is at least one horse you take an instant liking to....
29 Apr 2013 3:29 PM
If this year's Derby has you confused now, you'll really be tested if the projected forecast for rain on Saturday holds true....
28 Apr 2013 2:18 PM
It didn't take the eagle eye of Bob Baffert long to zero in on Orb, who has flourished since arriving at Churchill Downs....
27 Apr 2013 2:36 PM
You want Derby works, boy do we have Derby works. A total of eight Derby horses had their final drills Saturday morning, many of them moved up a day due to the impending rain expected later today and tomorrow....
26 Apr 2013 2:01 PM
What better way to kick off live Kentucky Derby coverage than with a photo gallery of some of the major players and some early observations....
19 Apr 2013 9:16 PM
In the case of Palace Malice, it was a simple, but fateful, decision by Burl McBride, the trainer of the colt's dam, Palace Rumor, that has led the son of Curlin to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby....
09 Apr 2013 4:12 PM
Just as a reminder to those who have now dismissed Verrazano as a potential Kentucky Derby winner, take note of past Derbys....
08 Apr 2013 7:13 PM
David Nunn and Formal Gold rekindle memories....
03 Apr 2013 8:46 PM
Dirt, grass, Polytrack, Tapeta, it doesn't matter. He has excelled on all of them....
01 Apr 2013 6:10 PM
While many of the leading 3-year-olds were competing in the warm, sunny climes of Florida and Louisiana, a silent assassin was laying low up in the chilly confines of Belmont Park....
25 Mar 2013 3:03 PM
What they have in common is they all carry the John Nerud influence in their pedigree, mainly through the descendents of Fappiano and Dr. Fager and continuing through Unbridled and Quiet American. It is the last two on which we will concentrate, as they both reflect the true genius of Nerud, who celebrated his 100th birthday this year. What is ironic is that Nerud never believed in the Derby and ran only one horse in the race -- Gallant Man in 1957....
20 Mar 2013 5:13 PM
Just seeing the name Broad Brush brought back a flood of memories, evoking images of one of the toughest racehorses I've ever been around, and in many ways the most remarkable....
19 Mar 2013 9:22 AM
U.S. horses slump in the Dubai World Cup since surface change....
12 Mar 2013 1:10 PM
If there is one thing we've learned from the new points system, it's that you're playing with fire by skipping the 50-point races and going straight from the wee little 10-pointers to the big, bad 100-pointers....