LOUISVILLE, Ky-(April 30) – US Racing (www.usracing.com), an international online horse racing service, today announced the post positions and updated odds of the 145th Kentucky Derby to be held a...
by Derek Simon Many moons ago, in his master work Betting Thoroughbreds, the late Steve Davidowitz coined the term “key race” to describe a race that featured an inordinate number of next-out winn...
When you drive through the spectacular countryside of the Worthington Valley, you can’t miss it. The early style cupolas atop the signature red-roofed barns and miles of white fences dot the Glynd...
by Tara Cochran This weekend all eyes in racing are fixed on Louisville, Kentucky, as Churchill Downs plays host to the Kentucky Derby. If you are traveling here for the big event — whether it be fo...
“Breezing” generally indicates the horse was not under strong urging, while “handily” typically denotes the horse was under urging from its rider (this can vary by location). Numbers in parent...
April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) — For the third time in history, Japan will be represented by a runner in the Kentucky Derby as Katsumi Yoshizawa’s homebred Master Fencer made the more than 6...
by US Racing Team April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) – Though it’s been a year since Justify’s impressive Triple Crown run the similarities between him and Kentucky Derby contender Improbable ...
by Derek Simon In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (I didn’t know the word had gotten o...
With all the hubbub in thoroughbred racing focused on the upcoming Triple Crown, it can be easy to overlook that, at the same time horseplayers are concentrating on the Kentucky Derby, the new season ...
by Margaret Ransom Arkansas native Willis Horton is no stranger to success in horse racing. The 76-year-old businessman’s familiar black and white silks with the distinctive “H” in a black ball ...