This year, Kentucky Derby handicappers face a peculiar challenge (as if an overflow field of the best 3-year-olds in America competing at a distance they’ve never tried before isn’t daunting enoug...
In this video feature — don’t worry, it’s short and littered with gratuitous nudity — I dole out numerous Kentucky Derby betting nuggets and offer my top win contenders (short list) and win pr...
Of all the great mysteries in the world — the origin of the stone statues on Easter Island, the existence/location of the Holy Grail, the person(s) responsible for letting the dogs out — few have ...
As I’ve grown older and become more annoyed by loud music and kids loitering at the local convenience store, I’ve noticed that my sense of history has condensed. These days, I no longer think that...
No trainer not named Ben Jones has dominated the first Saturday in May like Robert A. “Bob” Baffert. Since 1996, the former Quarter Horse conditioner from Nogales, AZ, has sent out 26 Kent...
Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the final round of Kentucky Derby preps, including the Lexington Stakes and Arkansas Derby, and chats with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who gives his thoughts o...
Most of the time I’m a pretty mellow guy, but as a long-time horse racing fan, nothing makes my blood boil more than seeing posts advocating for a horse’s retirement following a bad effort or two ...
Host Derek Simon of US Racing recaps the “Super Saturday” Kentucky Derby prep races, along with the spectacular debut of Enola Gray and the not-so-spectacular Santa Anita Oaks win by Songbird. Lat...
After Songbird romped in the Santa Anita Oaks for her seventh win in as many lifetime starts on Saturday, social media, as it is wont to do, went crazy, proclaiming the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro th...
US Racing’s Derek Simon chats with trainer Laura Wohlers about Runhappy’s recent mishap and the ambitious future plans for the Eclipse Award-winning sprinter. Later, in the Handicapping segment, D...
