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In continuing with my Triple Crown memories, I am reprinting one of my favorite columns written after California Chrome's Kentucky Derby, as I feel it sums up the Cinderella story behind the horse as well as the dreams of all those who own horses. The 2014 Kentucky Derby was about dreams and fate, an improbable hero from humble parentage, ...

Looking back at my Triple Crown memories, one of the special ones was in 1997 when 
I flew to Louisville from New York about a week before the Belmont Stakes (G1) after making arrangements to fly back to New York with Silver Charm on his quest to become the first Triple Crown winner in 19 years. The plan was to fly there to watch Silver ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman In a normal year, we would be busily rehashing the results of the Kentucky Derby right now while simultaneously looking ahead to the Preakness Stakes. Instead, we're in the midst of a lull on the racing calendar with only one North American stakes race on the agenda. So let's take ...

I would like to prepare all Zenyatta fans for the possibility that a son of Blame could win the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) this year. Not only that, he (Nadal) could defeat a horse trained by John Shirreffs (Honor A.P.). My request to all impassioned Zenyatta fans is this: Go to YouTube and watch the 2010 Breeders’ Cup ...

While Louisville and Churchill Downs remain quarantined—at least for another week as the backside is set to open May 11 with racing expected to resume May 16—Oaklawn Park’s 2020 season ended in a blaze of glory. Racing in Hot Springs, Ark., continued as most other major-market tracks were closed for the last two weeks amid COVID-19 shutdowns and ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow Despite the Derby Day assault by the Baffert Brigade, he holds on to the No. 1 spot as we head into the makeshift spring schedule beginning with the Matt Winn Stakes (G3) May 23. Whenever stakes are carded, such as this year’s version of the Belmont Stakes (G1), he will be ready, ...

The scroll on ESPN's Sportscenter on the morning of May 3 had its priorities straight. The No. 1 horse racing story read: ''Secretariat wins Virtual Kentucky Derby.'' Oh, yes, that was followed by story No. 2, which read: ''Charlatan, Nadal Win Split Arkansas Derby.'' The fake Kentucky Derby run on the First Saturday in May with animated ...