11 Aug 2012 1:05 PM
Sutherland has it all--beauty, personality, charisma, and talent, and there is no reason she shouldn't be as well-known to mainstream America as Danica Patrick....
09 Aug 2012 9:02 PM
Although Medaglia d'Oro is one of the highest ranking members of the equine monarchy, he was not "to the manor born." He in fact spent his youth on a farm in Montana and later did his early training literally in the middle of the Arizona desert....
30 Jul 2012 8:41 PM
Once upon a time there were two horses named MC's Dream and Bradleberry. Both were potential stars, showing great promise from the time they were mere tots. You will find no record of either horse, but be assured they are here as big as life, with a stranglehold on the 3-year-old division....
20 Jul 2012 1:23 PM
Brujo de Olleros is the next potential star to arrive in the United States from Uruguay....
15 Jul 2012 8:40 PM
Yes, 'tiz the season to be jolly. Saratoga is here again, and it seems to be getting earlier and earlier. The first half of the year has been a series of emotional ups and downs with issues so hot they burned up the pages of newspapers and network air waves, much to the detriment of the sport....
12 Jul 2012 1:14 PM
With the recent announcement that Holy Bull has been retired from study duty, Steve recalls the remarkable story of the The Bull and his owner/trainer Jimmy Croll....
09 Jul 2012 1:49 PM
The following guest blog was written by I’ll Have Another’s owner Paul Reddam in response to some of the concerns of the public regarding the colt’s injury and retirement. On a personal note, Reddam has always been extremely conscientious when it comes to the public’s feelings and the passion they exhibit when it comes to horses and racing and he appreciates all the emotion that has been invested in I’ll Have Another and the fans’ support throughout the Triple Crown....
07 Jul 2012 8:15 PM
On Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner bid farewell to racing and America, his place in history no more than an unfinished symphony....
05 Jul 2012 5:13 PM
The death of Loyd "Boo" Gentry brings to mind the halcyon days of Darby Dan Farm....
01 Jul 2012 7:34 PM
So, you've had it with drugs and wish racing was like it used to be -- just hay, oats, and water...
24 Jun 2012 10:03 PM
Each year, I keep thinking there is no cure for Triple Crown trail withdrawal....
20 Jun 2012 8:43 AM
So, after nearly 40 years, the Maryland Jockey Club, after hearing two hours of testimony and forensic analyses, finally has awarded the Preakness stakes record to Secretariat. ...
14 Jun 2012 11:41 AM
It was Damascus who breathed life into a hollow existence, numbed from years of toiling mindlessly on Wall Street....
11 Jun 2012 3:05 PM
In his hauntingly melodic song, "Hallelujah," Leonard Cohen wrote, "Baby I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor."...
08 Jun 2012 1:21 PM
We won't even begin to express our disappointment and disgust over the scratch of I'll Have Another. All we will do for now is kill the paragraphs already written and leave the leftovers. This is what is left of the Belmont Stakes....
07 Jun 2012 6:33 PM
What do Bobby Frankel, Max Hirsch, and John Sabini, chairman of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, have in common? They have all used Barn 2 on the Belmont backstretch to leave an indelible mark on Thoroughbred racing. The first two gave racing countless thrills. The third gave it a black eye. Yes, we know the implementation of a “stakes” barn for the Belmont Stakes horses is supposed to...
04 Jun 2012 7:32 PM
Steve Jordan will be celebrating his 64th birthday on Saturday, a day that could be made more exciting if I'll Have Another should win the Belmont Stakes and become the first horse in 34 years to sweep the Triple Crown. But this will not be the first time Jordan's birthday has fallen on a day when a Triple Crown sweep was on the line....
03 Jun 2012 7:49 PM
After 34 years and 11 failures, this is the year the Triple Crown will be conquered...right? It's so close you can taste it. ...
01 Jun 2012 8:58 AM
So, I'll Have Another will gallop up to the Belmont Stakes. Well, that's what we've been told. Officially, that is correct, as there will be nothing on the worktab under the name I'll Have Another....
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....