Category: Horse Racing News

Instead of concentrating on just one race this week, I thought I would offer my thoughts on several of the bigger races taking place this weekend. I think it’s clear that the place to be …

The 2018 National Football League (regular) season is upon us. Sure, pulling weeds this summer was quite exciting, but nothing can quite fill the void left by the NFL’s hiatus. I admit that, at times …

What is most compelling is not the statue, but, rather, what it represents — the fighting spirit of community and the warrior hearts of two racehorses. It is a place where one can stop and …

Walk around this small Indiana town of fewer than 1,200 residents and he is everywhere. He has a small cafe named after him and you will find him on the top of the town’s water …

In 2008, just under two months before the great race mare Zenyatta won the first of her three Breeders’ Cup races in that year’s Distaff at Santa Anita, her half-brother by Giant’s Causeway was making …

Whenever I attempt to explain how to measure class in a racehorse, I am reminded of that old Julia Sweeney character on Saturday Night Live. Although, I never found the skits featuring “Pat” to be …

This is the first part of a multi-part series on how to improve and grow the sport of horse racing. If you are reading this article, chances are extremely high are that you a true …

If Churchill Downs is American thoroughbred horse racing’s cathedral, then its steeple and eternal landmark is the Twin Spires.  These two pinnacles cast a glow up and down Louisville, Kentucky’s Central Avenue and across the …

When sports gambling became something individual states were allowed to deal with and the federal ban was lifted, there was a lot of talk about how it would impact horse racing. While that remains to …

In 1981, Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known to the world as John Denver, recorded a song called Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone). Released in 1981, the song peaked at number 10 on …

Fans took the news that Triple Crown winner Justify would be retired way too well, in my opinion. Not that this news was unexpected. As soon as word first broke on July 10 that Justify …

Of all the great landmarks in American horse racing, perhaps only one is truly alive — and it resides at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It has been there to witness 13 horses achieve …

This week’s US Racing Race of the Week is the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. This is a race that some thought might be a landing spot for Justify, given trainer Bob Baffert’s eight previous …

Gamble (gambling):  to take risky action in hopes of a desired result.  Over the years, our views on gambling have gone up and down like a rollercoaster at an amusement park.  Some openly trumpet it, …

A race-by-race look at Triple Crown champion Justify’s brilliant, albeit short, career, with video footage from his wins in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Derek Simon Derek Simon is the Senior Editor and …