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In the mid-eighties the great Arab sheikhs invaded Kentucky. They came to the sales, bringing with them crusty old British bloodstock advisers, great determination, and untold millions of dollars with which to do damage. They were loaded for bear. The three Maktoum brothers from the United Arab Emirates, along with Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid ...

Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said, “You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.” The nation that is American Pharoah currently rules the racing world and perhaps even the sports world and beyond. It has grown from strength to strength into a cultural phenomenon with loyal subjects from coast to ...

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale is a fickle beast. Predicting how buyers will embrace a relatively small group of handsome, well-bred yearlings is dicier than predicting the winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) in January. With the benefit of hindsight, however, several signs indicated this year's edition ...

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This column is about Titans of the Turf, both equine and human. It is about Dr. Fager and Damascus and John Nerud and Frank Whiteley, a portion of which I ran several years ago, with a great deal more added. I have never seen a trainer take more satisfaction in winning a race than John Nerud did after Dr. Fager defeated his arch rival Damascus ...

    >>Go to the TimeformUS PPs for the Arlington Million | Post Time 5:48 CDT Saturday   By TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer As usual, Europe is well-represented in the 2015 Grade 1 Arlington Million.  Five of the 13 entrants in Saturday's 33rd running made their last start overseas, though they are far ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') It’s hard to beat August as a month for spectacular horse racing! After two great weekends to start the month, the third weekend of August brings nine graded stakes races across the U.S. and Canada, including five at Arlington Park. Leading the way is the $1 million Arlington Million (gr. I), one of the most ...

When a 102-year-old person dies it shouldn’t come as a shock. But John Nerud was no ordinary person, and it is still difficult to believe he is gone. Although his body steadily deteriorated over the past couple of years, his mind refused to follow and he still was looking for ways to improve the sport, NYRA, and the Breeders’ Cup right up ...

In some ways it’s appropriate that in the final start of grade I winner Moreno’s career, Honor Code rallied from 19¼ lengths back to win the $1.25 million Whitney Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course. Blessed with brilliant speed that carried him to victory in a pair of $1.5 million races: last year’s Whitney Stakes and this ...

Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses challenged Thoroughbred racing’s industry leaders to do some serious self-evaluation during the 63rd Annual Round Table Conference conducted by The Jockey Club.Moses, who is now chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, said in the 15 years of USADA’s existence, significant gains have been made in growing ...