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Here we go again. Let the questions begin regarding California Chrome’s attempt June 7 to become the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown.The doubts that nipped at the heels of this son of Lucky Pulpit heading into the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) will be back as he faces the “Test of the Champion.” Can he get the ...

Once again, we have reached the gates of the pantheon. Beyond beckons the ghosts of Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Citation, and the seven other Triple Crown winners who have attained immortality. Will a California-bred, out of obscure and unheralded parentage be allowed to enter when so many have been turned away?Is California Chrome ...

Steve Haskin shares with us glimpses of his Preakness week. California Chrome already showing off shortly after arrival at Pimlico Alan Sherman plants one on California Chrome It's all play with Chrome and exercise rider Willie Delgado Kid Cruz is the only Preakness horse I've seen grazing; looking good California Chrome on one of his many ...

True enough, covering Thoroughbred racing was only part of Art Grace’s beat as a sportswriter working for the now defunct Miami News.But it was the sport closest to his heart.Grace, who passed away April 17 at 88 in Tallahassee, Fla., worked for the News, beginning in the early 1950s when Thoroughbred racing and boxing dominated the South Florida ...

The Asian Racing Conference - Photo: Hong Kong Jockey Club By Robert Kieckhefer  If there was a theme to the first full day of the 35th Asian Racing Conference, ongoing in Hong Kong, it might have been: Enlist government as your ally.
The subtext would have been: Oh, but first get your act together and be successful. Panels discussed a ...

Dreams come in all shapes and sizes. Some are literal. Some are figurative. Most don’t come true. But on rare occasions they do, and that is when fairy tales are born.The fairy tale that is California Chrome was born on Feb. 18, 2011 at Harris Farms near Coalinga, Calif., and for trainer Art Sherman and his sons Alan and Steve, owners Steve Coburn ...

It sounds as if this could be the last nice morning we get in a while, and fortunately, most of the Derby works have been completed. As typical of Derby works, the good ones drew waves of excitement, while others were overblown as bad works. And some were, well, just works.What separates Derby works from your typical works is that most people have ...