Imp and the Suburban
by Teresa Genaro By the eve of the last century, the Suburban Handicap had already been run 15 times, a fixture at the old Sheepshead Bay track in Brooklyn, already established, according to The New […]
Racing History
Rapid Rise: A brief history of the Stephen Foster Handicap
The Stephen Foster Handicap will be run for the the 37th time at Churchill Downs on Saturday. A race born of humble beginnings, the Foster has evolved not only into the premier summertime race for […]
Racemare Correction sparked controversy in her day
by TERESA GENARO The child, sitting down with the old man close behind…had been thinking how strange it was that horses who were such fine honest creatures should seem to make vagabonds of all the […]
Busher Took On All Ages All Over Country
by TERESA GENARO It should be clear by this time … that Busher has as good a chance to take the best three-year-old colts as Gallorette. “The Deadly Demoiselles” by Tasker Ogle, Turf and Sport […]
Winkfield Stakes a Too Seldom Reminder of Black Jockeys’ Place in Racing History
by TERESA GENARO Only turf historians, or perhaps those who heard stories told by their grandfathers, would have recognized Winkfield’s name in the United States this decade. […]