Why spend a million dollars on an untried yearling with an uncertain future when you can buy a piece of history that will endure forever? We’re not talking just any piece of history, but items that represent...
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It was 1973, and America was desperately looking for a sports hero. By June they had found one in the form of a flashy powerful chestnut horse named Secretariat, who was so popular he appeared on the covers...
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Well, you can’t say the 2017 Triple Crown trail didn’t provide enough twists and turns, highs and lows, and performances that defy explanation. The only horse able to put together anything even resembling...
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1 Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher Bodemeister —Above Perfection, by In Excess There is very little separating him and Irish War Cry in natural ability and running style, and both should have no problem with...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled After a nice easy 5-furlong breeze he stepped it up with a good sharpener in 1:01 4/5 at Gulfstream Park West in his final drill for the...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Returned to the work tab with an easy 5 furlong breeze in 1:04 3/5 at Gulfstream Park West (formerly Calder), with exercise rider Edgard...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Simply put, he’s the only experienced, proven stakes horse who is moving in the right direction and who is doing the things a classic horse...
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Throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, and into the '80s, the name Darby Dan Farm and the Galbreath family were synonymous with the Triple Crown, especially the Kentucky Derby. The names still resound in my brain...
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Many first-year students at the University of Kentucky feel the hair rise on the back of their necks when they hear the words “freshman English.” Back in the day the class often separated the wheat from...
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1 McCraken Ian Wilkes Ghostzapper —Ivory Empress, by by Seeking the Gold By having three preps, even if he does regress slightly somewhere down the road, don’t expect Wilkes to fret over it. He won’t allow...
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