By Richard Rosenblatt Through the pandemic, quarantines, strict health and safety protocols, scheduling changes, and empty grandstands, the sport of thoroughbred racing was able to carry on and create...
BC Distaff Showdown: Monomoy Girl versus Swiss Skydiver By Lynne Snierson The stage is set for Monomoy Girl, the diva of the filly and mare division, to have her Hollywood ending with a victory in Sat...
In the days leading up to the 37th Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, usracing.com will profile the horses in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Saturday, Nov. 7). B...
The Disappointers: Breeders’ Cup Jockeys to Avoid at the Windows Second in a series of stories on jockeys and their performances in the Breeders’ Cup, set for Nov. 6-7 at Keeneland Race Course in ...
By Mike Farrell Swiss Skydiver put an exclamation point on this year’s Triple Crown finale with her game and gutsy win over Authentic in the Preakness (G1) on Saturday. The filly’s victory was a t...
By Richard Rosenblatt It’s a filly, in the Preakness! In near record time! After a thrilling stretch duel, the filly Swiss Skydiver held off Kentucky Derby winner Authentic by a neck in a historic $...
By Lynne Snierson Robby Albarado might be the replacement rider on Swiss Skydiver in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness (G1), but he’s had more than his share of moments on center stage. The 47-year-...
By Margaret Ransom Who doesn’t love the Keeneland fall meet? The track in Lexington, Kentucky continues its opening weekend run on Saturday, with four Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” races...
Preakness Profile: Swiss Skydiver In the days leading up to Saturday’s 145th Preakness, usracing.com will be publishing profiles of the 11 horses entered in 2020’s final leg of the Triple Crown. B...
Brad Grady’s Girvin, who once was a leader in the sophomore division after winning two key preps in Louisiana before logging a dismal 13th-place finish in the May 6 Kentucky Derby (GI), returned to ...