For such a highly regarded Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite, WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners and Starlight Racing’s Justify sure had a lot of people asking a lot of questions abo...
When was the first time you caught the bug and knew that horse racing was going to be your thing? Was it the 1973 Belmont Stakes when Secretariat romped to a 31-length win that still gives many goos...
Godolphin Racing’s homebred Enticed took another solid step on the road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) Saturday with a 2 ¾-length victory in the $300,000 Gotham Stakes (GIII) at Aqueduct. In doing so, ...
Robert J. Baron’s Promises Fulfilled broke smartly from the far outside post position (10), sped to the lead and never looked back, cruising to a to a 2 ¼-length score in the $400,000 Fountain of Y...
Tibetan and Buddhist history remembers the sixth-century horse Kanthaka as “a favorite horse of length eighteen cubits (27 feet) who was a royal servant of Prince Siddhartha.” Legend has it that b...
Phoenix Thoroughbreds’ Mourinho earned his first stakes victory and stamped himself a legitimate Kentucky Derby (GI) contender on Monday with his impressive wire-to-wire victory by 3 ¼ lengths in t...
When you visit a thoroughbred racetrack, there is a lot of variety. There are turf races, inner turf races and dirt races that can range from 5 furlongs to 1 ½ miles or longer. There truly is som...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Haskell Invitational (GI), an important summer stop for sophomores, many of which are exiting a grueling Triple Crown campaign. Once run as a handicap, the ...
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“Breezing” or “breezed” indicates the horse was not under strong urging. “Handily” indicates the horse was under urging from its rider. Numbers in parentheses represent the ranking among o...
