By Margaret Ransom The $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) has been a showcase for East Coast-based trainers in recent years, and Saturday’s edition has another strong contingent looking to continue the t...
By Ed McNamara The Kentucky thoroughbred is revered throughout the world as a four-legged aristocrat. Horses who took their first steps in the Bluegrass State have won 112 of the 146 Kentucky Derbies ...
By Miriam Lee Attendance at the Preakness Stakes usually ranks second in North America behind the Kentucky Derby and usually surpasses the attendance of all other stakes races, including the Belmont S...
Mere moments after Tonalist thwarted California Chrome’s quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion in thoroughbred racing history, Steve Coburn, one of the colt’s owners, blasted the Belmont ...
Since the first running of the Dubai World Cup (GI) and Cigar’s amazing victory at Nad Al Sheba in 1996, some really talented American-based horses have taken their best shot in the great “Duel in...
As I said previously, without the Pegasus World Cup and the vision of Frank Stronach and the rest of the Stronach Group, we never would have seen Arrogate and California Chrome square off again. Calif...
One of the greatest horses in the world won the first-ever Pegasus World Cup; Gulfstream Park set an all-time single-day handle record ($40.217 million); and the buzz among racing fans was more intens...
On Saturday, 12 horses will line up to compete in a $12 million horse race for the first time in history. More than likely, only two of those dozen runners have a realistic chance to win. While the me...
The world’s richest horse race is just days away. The field for the inaugural Pegasus World Cup is set, at least on paper. The draw is complete and added a little extra drama and intrigue to a race ...
As the inaugural Pegasus really started coming together, the Stronach Group made a surprise announcement, which really shouldn’t have been a surprise at all. They announced that, in all likelihood, ...