Why is it that "great" racehorses, with a great female connection, seem to come along just when America's body politic is shaking so hard, when we the people think the shaking will never end?

The Thoroughbred community, like the country, is enduring a string of bad years. I often wonder what it will take for our sport to survive.

Calvin Borel, Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., and Mine That Bird stole the show in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. The upset victory was a Cinderella story if there ever was one.

Some of the elements in selling the great sport of Thoroughbred racing revolve around nostalgia, social networking, the allure of the track, and new initiatives and technologies.