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These are not your typical trivia questions, as they are meant to be informative and fun even more than testing your knowledge of racing, They are just put in question form. Some are fairly easy, but there are others that are more offbeat. So have fun with them. I will provide the answers to the questions no one gets in the comments section on ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Doesn't it feel like we should be deep into handicapping the Kentucky Derby right now? In a normal year, the Road to the Kentucky Derby would be complete and the Run for the Roses would be just two weeks away. But 2020 has been far from an ordinary year, and with the Kentucky Derby ...

It was 1971, the height of the Women's Liberation Movement, more commonly knows as Women's Lib, when women fought against what they considered male supremacy. Even the cigarette advertisers got into the act with the successful TV commercials for Virginia Slims, a cigarette designed specifically for women, with the often-used phrase ''You've come a ...

The details outlined in the March 9 federal indictment of Jorge Navarro suggest a years-long scheme in which cheating trainers were well ahead of racing’s attempts—heavily reliant on post-race testing—to keep the game fair. To Kentucky’s credit, the commonwealth will not stand pat. Lawmakers this month committed $1.5 million to a testing lab ...

We’re going to do something different this week. Because there are so many new faces emerging who could be major Derby contenders by Sept. 5, there will be two rankings this week. The usual list of horses who have already established themselves and a separate list in Knocking on the Door comprised of late developers who have only competed in ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Another day, another stakes race for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park, another short-priced favorite from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered racing at many tracks throughout North America, it's comforting to know ...

This column is dedicated to producer/director Jim Wilson and his wonderful film ''50-1,'' one of the best racing movies I've ever seen and one which still brings a tear to my eye at the end. Watching it for the umpteenth time last night was what inspired me to tell the Mine That Bird story from a personal perspective. It was time to start ...