by John Furgele The winter of 2018-2019 has been a difficult one for the sport of horse racing, aka the Sport of Kings. It has suffered from horse shortages, drug issues and 23 horses died at Santa An...
Since 1960, just 10 of 279 non-Kentucky Derby starters have won the Preakness Stakes. That’s a 3.6 percent win rate, a 0.36 impact value (IV) and a 0.64 odds-based impact value (OBIV). Dr. Will...
by Noel Michaels The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, will be run Saturday, May 18 in its usual spot two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. With the Kentucky De...
by Ray Wallin There have been some bombs to win the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. Saturday, Country House became the second-highest-paying horse to win the Kentucky Derby at 65-1. The same has no...
by Richard Rosenblatt Gary and Mary West, two of the most respected owners in thoroughbred racing, seem to be the last people you’d think would get caught up in controversy. Yet that’s exactly wha...
by Derek Simon I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails regarding my views on Saturday’s disqualification of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. As many know, I came out pretty strongly against it i...
by John Furgele They will talk about this for years, much like they’ve talked about Codex’s veering into Genuine Risk in the 1980 Preakness. In that race, the stewards decided to uphold the result...
by Ray Wallin Last spring we looked at the Preakness by the numbers. This year, we’ll take a look at some fun facts about the upcoming 145th running of the Kentucky Derby by the numbers: 0 – The n...
by John Furgele Spring may still be a few weeks away, but, once again, the talk has returned. Before we blink, the Kentucky Derby will be here and then, two weeks later, the scene will shift to Pimlic...
Justify, who became the 13th Triple Crown winner when he captured the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 9 at Belmont Park, is scheduled to return to Churchill Downs Barn 33 on the afternoon of June 11 an...