During the springtime, Kentucky Derby (GI) fever is a real affliction. Ask anyone involved in racing. The connections of a handful of horses do their respective Derby points dances, say prayers to the...
Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes of all time. In the 1912 Olympic Decathlon he placed in the top four in all 10 events and scored 8,413 points — a record that stood for nearly two decades...
Always Dreaming draped in roses following the running of the 143rd Kentucky Derby (photo by Jordan Sigmon). Grade 1 Kentucky Derby champion Always Dreaming exited his victory in good form for trainer ...
MeB Racing Stables, Brooklyn Boys Stables, Teresa Viola, St. Elias Stable’s and Siena Thoroughbreds’ Always Dreaming turned Kentucky Derby dreams into amazing realities on Saturday with his 2 ¾-l...
Trainer Todd Pletcher announced that Malagacy and Battalion Runner will not race in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill Downs. Malagacy will be pointed to the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes on ...
Expectations are always high when a horse is purchased for several hundred thousand dollars. However, those expectations don’t always come to fruition. For Matthew O’Connor, the 19-year-old nephew...
Multiple graded stakes winner Gunnevera arrived at Churchill Downs by van from Florida on April 23 and settled into Barn 41 to prepare for the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby. McCraken, third last out in Keene...
Classic Empire arrived at Churchill Downs on the morning of April 17 following his score in Oaklawn Park’s Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and was bedded down in trainer Mark Casse’s Barn 36. Classic Empir...
Since 2004, two Arkansas Derby (G1) winners (American Pharoah and Smarty Jones) and one runner-up (Super Saver) have gone on to wear the roses. Half a dozen more Arkansas Derby entrants have hit the b...
Trainer John Shirreffs said Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby champ Gormley and show finisher Royal Mo will have all of their serious preparations for the Grade 1Kentucky Derby at Santa Anita and ship to Chur...
