With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, usracing.com contributor and award-winning writer Maryjean Wall recalls the freedom journey of two-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Jimmy Winkfield. Beginning in...
It’s been 20 years since Tiznow won the Breeders’ Cup Classic for the second year in a row. The victory in 2001 came after a gallant stretch duel with Sakhee at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. H...
By Maryjean Wall Somewhere in Rockabilly Heaven, the All-American Left-Handed Upside-Down Guitar Player, Little Enis (rhymes with p—-) must be stomping all over his electric GUItar, mad as hell ...
By Maryjean Wall Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound … it’s Super Filly, otherwise known as Bold and Bossy when not wearin...
The $1 million Hambletonian, harness racing’s most famous race, takes place on Saturday (Aug 7) at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Award-winning contributor Maryjean Wall looks back ...
In 1968, Dancer’s Image finished first in the Kentucky Derby. Three days later, the horse was the first and, so far, only winner disqualified after a post-race positive drug test. With recent Derby ...
A Bite Of Arkansas Derby History By Maryjean Wall Before the varmints took over, the Arkansas Derby ruled the social scene tangential to the Oaklawn Park race meet. All this changed sometime during th...
By Maryjean Wall How do I love thee on Valentine’s Day? Let me count the ways … with oats and corn rolled into a decorative memento to be given to the [lucky] fillies and mares in Kentucky on this...
Retired Racehorse ‘Maverick’ Sidelined By Maryjean Wall Super Bowl LV will see retired racehorse Deputy Maverick kicking back in his stall, reaching for his game snack of oats and hay while watchi...
By Maryjean Wall Forlorn in his fate, forced to stand forever upright in the position he was stuffed, Cocaine Bear is one of the few remaining monuments to the freewheeling days of the horse business,...
