30 May 2012 3:52 PM
Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. ...
27 May 2012 8:45 PM
A photo gallery of a typical morning with Belmont Stakes contender Union Rags....
25 May 2012 9:06 PM
The California Horse Racing Board, in all its divine wisdom, has decided to dredge up a nearly two-year-old carbon dioxide overage on a Doug O'Neill-trained horse and make a ruling on it two weeks before O'Neill will attempt to sweep the Triple Crown with I'll Have Another....
23 May 2012 9:49 AM
The cheers that accompany his star pupil, I'll Have Another, are always within ear shot, and Lava Man has no reason to believe they are not meant for him....
21 May 2012 7:14 PM
The ominous shroud that has engulfed Thoroughbred racing recently is starting to lift, at least temporarily, thanks to the heroics of a golden chestnut colt named I'll Have Another, who has come along at the perfect time to remind people that there is so much more to the Sport of Kings than what has been portrayed in certain publications. These publications feel the need to concentrate only on the darkest aspects of the sport, often embellishing and over exaggerating them....
18 May 2012 2:12 PM
Here we go again. This is where we left you two weeks ago; trying to decipher a formula of countless possibilities....
17 May 2012 2:06 PM
If you look past all the nonsense and rumors and concentrate strictly on Creative Cause's Derby trip, his previous form and his consistency, and the fact that he has already beaten I'll Have Another and Bodemeister, he just may turn out to be the overlay special of the Preakness....
16 May 2012 12:34 PM
Native Dancer's stall bears little memory of the "Gray Ghost," other than a wooden plank across the door, deformed by years of gnawing and still bearing The Dancer's teeth marks....
14 May 2012 7:46 PM
Haskin's Preakness Report: Cozzene and Nerud ...
13 May 2012 7:23 PM
Preakness Report: Jack Sisterson...
11 May 2012 6:28 PM
We recently wrote about the possibility of I'll Have Another sweeping the Triple Crown. So what if we're getting ahead of ourselves. After 34 years (and we've been there through all of them) we're entitled to think or dream ahead. ...
10 May 2012 5:27 PM
What can prevent I'll Have Another from finally ending the Triple Crown drought?...
09 May 2012 8:52 PM
So, after three second-place finishes in the Derby, each one more agonizing than the one before, Zayat may now turn his attention to the black-eyed susans, hoping they smell sweeter than the roses. At least they don't have thorns. ...
07 May 2012 9:35 PM
Dressed in a white shirt and purple tie, the colors of his silks, Reddam appeared relaxed and confident, believing his colt, I'll Have another, was ready to prove to the world what he already knew; that this was an exceptional colt. ...
04 May 2012 2:54 PM
After assimilating all the facts, handicapping tools, and observations, we can honestly say we don't have any more of a clue than we did two weeks ago....
03 May 2012 7:04 PM
The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle. We've made a few more observations this morning that should help, as well as another trip to the paddock. ...
02 May 2012 8:12 PM
It sure felt like summer as several Derby horses schooled this morning and afternoon....
01 May 2012 4:31 PM
Well, it's one day away from the dreaded draw, that simple tradition that can have even the most hardened racetracker shuddering in fear and apprehension....