Brisnet at 50: Horse racing’s journey to digital
Broadbent’s solution would become the first of many innovations which revolutionized in the horse industry, and birthed a company still going strong after half a century. […]
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Asmussen’s North American win record: Celebrating his brightest stars
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen surpassed the late Dale Baird’s all-time North American win record at Saratoga on Saturday, by sending out the long-anticipated number 9,446 – juvenile Stellar Tap. […]
Clash of the Titans: Remembering the 1950 Hollywood Gold Cup
Seventy years ago this week, 50,000 fans congregated at Hollywood Park to witness what must be considered among the finest assemblages of Thoroughbred accomplishment for any race of that era, and to this day certainly […]
Royal Harmony: Ohio’s Iron Horse
An hour’s drive from the lush and fertile Bluegrass region of Kentucky, and across the eponymous river, lies Ohio. Better known on the national sporting scene for college football and the loyal but often dispirited […]
The 1920 Kentucky Derby that Man o’ War passed up
Here is how the 1920 Kentucky Derby unfolded WITHOUT the best horse in the land. […]
Godolphin’s Old Persian completes Appleby/Buick treble in Dubai Sheema Classic
When Old Persian justified favoritism in Saturday’s $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), the son of Dubawi was completing a Godolphin hat trick in more ways than one. Aside from becoming the third straight Sheema […]
Dubai Sheema Classic: Old Persian must repel Japan, Coolmore to give Godolphin third straight
Godolphin has won the past two runnings of the $6 million Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) on Dubai World Cup night, but Old Persian has to see off formidable opposition to extend the domination to a […]
Capezzano upsets Thunder Snow; Godolphin continues turf supremacy on Super Saturday
On a mostly formful Super Saturday at Meydan, the biggest upset was furnished in the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G1), where Sultan Ali’s Capezzano overturned Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Thunder Snow. It wasn’t […]
Divine Image earns Kentucky Oaks points in Dubai; Mythical crowns Magic sweep for Godolphin
Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby swept all three Group races at Meydan Thursday, as Zabeel Mile (G2) winner Mythical Magic completed the treble begun by stablemates Spotify in the Dubai Millennium (G3) and Divine Image in […]
Dream Castle, D’Bai turn Godolphin Group 2 double at Meydan
Godolphin dominated the featured turf events on Thursday’s Dubai World Cup Carnival program at Meydan. The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Dream Castle elicited comparisons to 2018 Carnival star Benbatl when adding the $250,000 Al Rashidiya (G2), […]