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With every auto dealership across the United States currently running its Fourth of July Savings Spectaculars, it dawns on us that we’re already into the second half of 2019. And with the Triple Crown series behind us, naturally the question of which candidates will be put forth as eligible to be named champion 3-year-old male has come into sharp ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman It's never too early to start talking about two-year-olds, right? The 2019 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks are more than ten months away, but we'll get an early, early look at potential Derby and Oaks contenders when Churchill Downs hosts the $125,000 Debutante Stakes and the ...

Santa Anita Park brought down the curtain June 23 on what certainly was the most bizarre race meet the track has held in its 85-year history. Noteworthy for all the wrong reasons, the stand ended with The Stronach Group’s ruling Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer off the grounds of its tracks in Northern and Southern California after a fourth ...

Thoroughbred racing has changed quite a lot over the years, some for better, some for worse. But one of the ways it definitely has changed for the better is the number of horses who have found new homes following their retirement, some discovering hidden talents and given a second career.All of this has been accomplished thanks to numerous horse ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Triple Crown is over, but don't expect ''Derby'' talk to go away anytime soon. The second half of the racing season is packed with rich Derbies in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Virginia, to name just a few locations. First up is the ...

The last two weekends of Thoroughbred racing in the U.S. have been a moveable feast, showcasing the best of our sport. The eight grade 1 races on the Belmont Park program June 8, including the third leg of the Triple Crown, had a “Breeders’ Cup” feel to it. That was followed June 15 by the five graded stakes card at Churchill Downs, highlighted by ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With the 2019 Triple Crown in our rearview mirrors, I thought we'd kick off the second half of the racing season with a different type of post than usual. Summer is just around the corner, and Saratoga is less than a month away, so the focus of racing fans will soon turn to ...

When the younger generation of racing fans see this headline they naturally would think the column is about Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. But most of them probably have no conception of what it was like back in 1966 when Buckpasser and Graustark appeared to be on a collision course that would lead to a much-anticipated showdown in the ...

This year’s Triple Crown series is certainly one that will be talked about for years to come, considering the contested outcome of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and that the entire sport of Thoroughbred racing has been called into question with the mounting number of equine fatalities at Santa Anita Park throughout the ...

Sir Winston Churchill once said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”Sir Winston’s equine namesake no doubt proved that statement correct to a number of people – men and women – following the colt’s upset victory in the Belmont Stakes. It was only a matter of time that we had a Belmont winner ...