The last five editions of the Kentucky Derby have been won by the post-time favorite. This year, there’s no standout horse, and one could make a case for four or five of the contenders. East Coast-b...
If you like deep closers, dark horses, longshots or Cinderellas (who doesn’t?), then I have a rooting interest for you in this year’s Run for the Roses. His name is My Boy Jack and he’s currentl...
When was the first time you caught the bug and knew that horse racing was going to be your thing? Was it the 1973 Belmont Stakes when Secretariat romped to a 31-length win that still gives many goos...
Ten-year-old Keystone Velocity, the 2017 Levy Memorial winner is also the 2018 Levy winner. And, despite the presence of eight excellent horses, he made things look easy, winning in 1:52 over the ha...
The Kentucky Derby is nothing if not colorful. From the fashion to the saddle towels and even the red roses draped over the winner of the most prestigious event in horse racing, nothing is more colorf...
The 2018 Churchill Downs Spring/Summer Meet begins on Saturday, April 28. What follows after opening night is one of the best weeks of racing of the year — Tuesday through Saturday of Kentucky Der...
Dave Schwartz, the creator of pacemakestherace.com, a website dedicated to improving one’s handicapping, and Derek Simon, senior editor and handicapper at US Racing, team up to help both no...
For a race that takes roughly two minutes, the pre-race Kentucky Derby coverage on NBC will be four hours long. That is a lot of time to fill. With a full field, that would be 12 minutes devoted to ea...
For whatever reason, some people approach big race days like they would bowling on the moon. In other words, they throw out everything they know about horse racing and handicapping and, instead, prepa...
The year was 1882 when a chestnut gelding named Apollo won the Kentucky Derby. Chester A. Arthur was sitting US President, inheriting the Oval Office the year before due to the assassination of James ...
