Generally considered a means to an end, the prep season leading up to the Kentucky Derby (G1) serves its purpose if it results in a visit to the Churchill Downs winner’s circle on the first […]
The only horse to beat the legendary racing icon Lexington About a 10 min. read. For today’s racing fans, the name Lecomte signifies the first of the Fair Grounds scoring races offering points toward the […]
In the recent Horse of the Year debate involving Justify and Accelerate, a segment of racing fans and media punditry found it difficult to fathom how a Triple Crown winner should not also earn the […]
In only its second year of operation in 1986, Canterbury Downs in Minnesota nearly hit a jackpot. (10-15 min. read) The signature event of the meet was the $300,000 Saint Paul Derby in late June, […]
For the first time since 1916, the World Series pits the Boston Red Sox against the team now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers. This fascinating historical factoid has understandably stoked curiosity about what else […]
Prince Khalid Abdullah’s Juddmonte Farms have won so many of the great races worldwide over the past several decades that names like Frankel, Dancing Brave, and Arrogate barely scratch the surface of the many stars […]
The rise of Alpha Centauri as Europe’s premier Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) contender evokes memories of Hall of Famer Miesque – not just because she’s another Niarchos homebred three-year-old filly. Alpha Centauri is a direct […]
A recent stopover at James Madison’s Montpelier estate in Orange County, Virginia, which provides a vista comparable in beauty to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello while blissfully attracting a fraction of the latter’s crowds, combined two interests […]
Bold Venture It wouldn’t be the last time Morton L. Schwartz decided to scale back his racing interests. A news wire report from November 24, 1920 said Schwartz, a banker by trade, had sold two […]
Judging by the fact that he doesn’t have his own Wikipedia page, Eurasian might be one of the more forgettable Travers Stakes winners, which also might account for the owner’s trophy being available at auction […]
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