Triple Crown winner Justify, 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner, and jockey Joel Rosario were among nine new members elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Tuesday. No modern-day ...
Triple Crown winner Justify tops the list of 17 finalists that will appear on the ballot for the National Museum of Racing’s 2024 Hall of Fame. Finalists are chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame no...
Eddie Mac’s Book: Good Idea To Go With The Favorites on Pegasus Day 2021 By Ed McNamara It was a great idea: an eight-figure stakes at sunny Gulfstream Park in late January, when not much was happen...
By Ed McNamara The only horses who won the Louisiana Derby and the Kentucky Derby were Black Gold (1924) and Grindstone (1996). That doesn’t mean the Fair Grounds’ three Derby preps —...
By Richard Rosenblatt If nothing else, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) could turn into be a bettor’s bonanza. A field of 12 durable but far from dynamic horses is likely for the r...
Breeders’ Cup Jockeys: Young Stars Looking to Make an Impact By Noel Michaels Good handicappers know that you can’t base your bets on the leading jockeys all the time, especially at the Breeders�...
In his final start, Winchell Thoroughbreds’ and Three Chimneys Farm’s recently crowned Horse of the Year Gun Runner put an impressive exclamation point on what has been a standout career with his ...
The Clark Handicap (GI) at Churchill Downs has been consistently won by top racehorses, many of whom moved on to be champions or important stallions. Last year, Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Gun Runner,...
For much of the year, the Horse of the Year debate was no debate at all. It was Arrogate and everybody else. After a scintillating performance in the Dubai World Cup, Bob Baffert’s stable star was t...
Since the turn of the century, Saratoga’s Woodward Stakes (G1) has played host to six Horse of the Year winners (Saint Liam, Ghostzapper, Mineshaft, Curlin, Rachel Alexandra, and Havre de Grace) and...
