04 Mar 2013 2:09 PM
The Kentucky Derby is like a mountain. It never changes and never withers with time. But in some ways it does change, as every year, new climbers gather on its slopes and attempt to reach the summit, disregarding the many perils along the way....
20 Jun 2011 6:22 AM
Haskin's Smarty Jones Tribute: The second installment recaps Smarty's Preakness victory....
19 Jun 2011 8:35 PM
Smarty Jones: Steve Haskin begins his week-long tribute with reprinted stories each day...
04 Feb 2009 7:17 PM
Because the Top 30 list took up a great deal of Monday's column, we'll go double duty this week and catch up on some updates and ramblings and look at the Risen Star Stakes....
23 Nov 2008 8:19 PM
As the Kentucky Derby hoopla began to quiet down, a stunned racing world was still trying to recover from the bombshell that had fallen on Churchill Downs. An obscurely bred, crooked legged, harlequin of a horse from Venezuela, who had been ridiculed by the press and local horsemen, had just concluded the most bizarre journey and adventure in the history of the Kentucky Derby....
19 Nov 2008 9:00 PM
The 1971 3-year-old crop trilogy concludes appropriately with the remarkable Canonero II, whose story is so improbable it would be scoffed at by any responsible movie producer. Because of that, it must be told in two parts. The second part will follow on Monday....