To the casual observer, a racehorse is simply a horse that runs in races. But to a handicapper, the term “racehorse” means something more. A “racehorse” is game, tough and durable.
Alpha, owned by Godolphin Racing LLC, spent about six months on South Carolina soil where he was broken and began the lessons that would prepare him for racing.
And Why Not. It's the kind of name that catches attention when attached to a race horse, because the conclusion is that there's a story worth telling as to its origin.
The 'Big Three' for this year's Kentucky Derby - Union Rags, Creative Cause and Hansen - lost their final prep races for Saturday's Run for the Roses, leaving the race wide open.
Like Aiken, there's a magical feel to Fair Hill, as one teeters between the then and now. And the now is pertinent to thoroughbred racing because two of the past six Kentucky Derby winners have ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- John Velazquez found Kentucky Derby ride No. 13 to be the lucky one Saturday as he captured the pot of gold at the end of the Run for the Roses with his winning ride aboard ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- Dogwood Stable's Aikenite, closing with a rush, got up in the final stride to win the 77th running of the Churchill Downs, a Grade II stakes race, on Saturday's Kentucky Derby ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Named for an accounting device, Carry Back's victory in the Run for the Roses 50 years ago for Katherine and Jack Price truly turned the world of thoroughbred racing upside down.
With a significant percentage of those competing in the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby possessing early speed, the draw for post positions took on added importance.
As the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby approaches, a preseason marked by inconsistency has experienced handicappers scratching their heads as their search for the winner hits high gear.
Considerable suspense will be in play Monday evening as followers of the thoroughbred await the announcement of the winner of Horse of the Year honors for the 2010 racing season at the Eclipse ...
In its expanded two-day menu on Friday and Saturday, the 27th renewal of the Breeders' Cup will certainly command the focus of those closely associated with thoroughbred racing.
Cot Campbell acquired an unnamed bay colt for $300,000 in 1988. The horse was Summer Squall, and it put Aiken's Dogwood Stable on the map of big-time thoroughbred racing.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. --- In the first half of the last century, it was not uncommon for the owner of a thoroughbred filly or mare to seek a purse in a race open to male and gelded horses.
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