As British racing authorities map out plans to reschedule the classics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, other fixtures aren’t so fortunate. This week’s festival at Chester is the latest casualty. Although its classic trials – the […]
In addition to the blockbuster Arkansas Derby Day at Oaklawn Park, Saturday offers a virtual treat in the form of the “Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown.” The computer-simulated race, pitting the 13 Triple Crown champions […]
Hear from Chris MacCarron and Mike Battaglia as James Scully reflects on Alysheba’s gutsy 1987 Kentucky Derby win. […]
Who was Manila and how did he come to dynamically impact the debut of Churchill Down’s Turf Course? […]
Since its creation in 1974, Oaklawn Park’s Racing Festival of the South has been a magnet attracting many of the nation’s finest horses and horsemen to Hot Springs, Arkansas. And one of the crown jewels […]
Seattle Slew – a front-running speedball, the powerful dark bay earned four Eclipse Awards, including Horse of the Year honors, and won 14-of-17 starts over three seasons. […]
Had Keeneland’s spring meet gone forward, we might have seen unbeaten Maxfield launch his comeback in the Blue Grass (G2). Instead I’m finding refuge in the past, and a perusal of the Blue Grass honor roll led me to back to Hall of Famer Bimelech (1940). […]
To fill the gaping hole in our calendar from the cancellation of the Dubai World Cup (G1), we’re taking solace in memories from old Nad al Sheba and its successor, Meydan. Monday’s feature recounted my […]
Monday of Dubai World Cup (G1) week is supposed to be filled with the adrenaline of studying the declared fields for the Saturday extravaganza. But in yet another example of how COVID-19 is smashing our […]
Researching the finer points of his career as both a racehorse and sire, I came to the realization that I might only be able to essentially echo the articles already published in his wake. […]
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