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On several occasions over the past few years, Todd Pletcher has reached into his hat to pull out a rabbit, and in most cases the trick didn't go quite as planned. Despite some bad hare days, Pletcher has decided to try his luck at prestidigitation once again in Saturday's Florida Derby (gr. I). Read the rest of the column here.

Those who breed, race, buy, and sell Thoroughbreds are a competitive group by nature, and for good reason. But though this is a highly competitive business, it is comforting to see horsemen come together when members of the niche fraternity that is Thoroughred racing and breeding endure personal hardships.At the turn of this century, with juvenile ...

Lost in the overwhelming spectacle of the Kentucky Derby and the arduous road leading to Churchill Downs are the little-known ironies and twists of fate that get played out behind the scenes. There was an old TV series, based on a movie of the same name, called “Naked City,” which offered a gritty look at life in New York City. At the end of ...

  This Month's Guest: Larry Jones, trainer of Friesan Fire, Old Fashioned and Proud Spell Podcast Available - 3/27/2009 A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Larry Jones was a commercial farmer before becoming a Thoroughbred owner in 1980 and took out his trainer's license in 1982. He recorded his first stakes win with Capt. Bold at Ellis ...

If manufacturers want to stay in business, they don’t pro-duce what they want; they produce what consumers want. Television networks try to act in exactly the same manner. Why else would ESPN need a bracketologist to tell us for weeks who might make the NCAA tournament—and who is or is not a “bubble” team—when we could just wait until the ...

 As often happens on the Kentucky Derby trail, they fell like proverbial bowling pins last weekend, although two of the bigger names reinforced their strong position. Not all the vanquished will be taken off the trail, as some deserve another chance after racing on less than desirable surfaces, but they have put themselves in a ...