Her racing career was as tumultuously lined with rivalries with a deserving contender as was Sham’s with Secretariat’s. Despite the fact that her prime contention made it almost impossible to win a championship, Blind Luck pulled off an ‘in-time’ feat of winning some major stakes races against ... Views: 723
Thirty Slews who drew his pedigree from grand sire Seattle Slew chased down victory in the Breeder’s Cup Sprint in 1992; his win paid $39.40, a win that is recalled merely as a fluke except for the man who trained him.
Silver Charm in 1997 captured the first two legs of the Triple Crown in a ... Views: 536
The Breeders’ Cup Classic is the signature event of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It is open to a maximum of 14 horses aged three-year-olds and up and, as of prior to the 2012 running, boasted a purse of $5 million, making it the second richest horse race in the world, behind only the ... Views: 556
When Zenyatta raced for the Breeder’s Cup Classic in 2010, she pretty much went off as the 19-0 favourite running close to the race lead Blame. Remembering the November 6th at Churchill Downs, the situation seemed like Zenyatta could pull off a decent win having already overtaken the field of ... Views: 481
When Zenyatta raced for the Breeder’s Cup Classic in 2010, she pretty much went off as the 19-0 favourite running close to the race lead Blame. Remembering the November 6th at Churchill Downs, the situation seemed like Zenyatta could pull off a decent win having already overtaken the field of ... Views: 566
The horse racing season isn’t less powerful and enthusiastic than the various other racing sports all around the year. While the champions of yester years turn studs and get busy siring, we have enough freshmen entering the world horse racing stage each year. The events focusing mainly on the ... Views: 510
Well that didn't take long. Just one day after we wrote about the potential abuses of betting exchanges, 11 people in Great Britain were found guilty of a race-fixing scandal that was the direct result of exchange wagering.
Among those convicted were four jockeys and two horse owners, who the ... Views: 635
It’s funny how Buckpasser accomplished anything even remotely close to what his name meant. Also referred to as the flawless racehorse by racing official, Dr. Manuel Gilman, Buckpasser was a painter’s delight. Richard Stone Reeves said, “Buckpasser was the most perfectly proportioned ... Views: 1193
The 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic will be run on Saturday, November 3, 2012, with a post time of approximately 7 PM Eastern Time, at beautiful Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, and features a staggering purse of five million dollars. The 2012 renewal will be the 29th running of a race that ... Views: 603
The Immensely popular Smarty Jones! - Smarty Jones had royal blood flowing through his veins, the kind of royalty that almost made you want to check to see if his blood were dark blue instead of red. What kind of royalty? You want names? Okay, you got names. How’s Foolish Pleasure, Northern ... Views: 688
Even though he didn’t have a long living career as a race horse, he had inherited what it needed to establish himself as a potential speed threat to all his contemporaries; Commando, sired by Domino out of mare Emma C., derived his particular speed characteristic from his sire Domino who in turn ... Views: 457
The racing world is abuzz with talk on who is going to be the favorite for the 2012 Kentucky Derby, which is scheduled to be run May 5 with a post time of 6:24 p.m. Eastern. Even the longtime morning-line maker for the Kentucky Derby, Mike Battaglia, remains unsure on who to make the favorite ... Views: 837
Hailing from the lineage of Northern Dancer, Dance Smartly well of course lived up to her name. The filly was a Champion Canadian thoroughbred who also became the first ever Canadian horse to win a Breeder’s Cup. Dance Smartly won the Breeder’s Cup Distaff in 1991 with legendary jockey Pat Day ... Views: 662
The Del Mar race track, aptly defines ‘Where the Turf meets the Surf’; situated on the shores of the Pacific along the city of Del Mar, the race track owns a history that takes it late back to 1937 when it all began. Built by the some exceptionally renowned artists of the times, Del Mar was Bing ... Views: 492
Delaware Park has certainly had its shares of ups and downs since first opening for business in the summer of 1937. Like most racetracks, Delaware Park flourished during the Golden Age of Thoroughbred racing in the middle of the 20th century while cultivating such historic races as the Delaware ... Views: 573
Come post time for the Kentucky Derby, which is 6:24 p.m. Eastern on May 5, fans will be treated to what's been described as “the most exciting two minutes in sports.” The Kentucky Derby earned that nickname because the first horse across the wire typically completes the 1 1/4-mile voyage about ... Views: 733
The Derby trail will heat up with Tampa Bay Derby, San Felipe Stakes for the top derby contenders this season. Though the Gotham Stakes, the Fountain of Youth and the Wood Memorial Stakes create more ripples, the following races at the Tampa Bay racetrack and Santa Anita will sure surface more ... Views: 493
Devil Diver may not have been a winner as a three year old, the most important season for any thoroughbred’s racing career but he sure made a remarkable presence in the thoroughbred racing arena with his exemplary performance as an older horse.
He was foaled in the year 1939 and he lived long ... Views: 798
The dark chestnut colt derived his speed from great grand sire Eclipse; he happened to be one of the few selected offspring from the royal bloodline to carry the Eclipse gene line forward. Foaled in 1891, towards the end of the 19th century traversing into the 20th, Domino was born reflecting ... Views: 575
Since its inaugural running in 1996, the Dubai World Cup in the United Arab Emirates has been the world's richest horse race. The first edition, which was won by none other than Racing Hall of Fame inductee Cigar, was worth a cool $6 million, which still today would be the biggest purse in the ... Views: 874
While being named North America's champion 2-year-old colt or gelding is a prestigious honor in its own right, recent history tells us it's no guarantee of success in the following spring's Kentucky Derby. In fact, since Spectacular Bid accomplished the feat in 1979, only one champion 2-year-old ... Views: 584
Born in 1928 was a fine thoroughbred who’s career of six season’s brought him to a total 51 starts of which he won 29, finished second in 10 and third in 4; Equipoise, called the Chocolate Soldier for his impressively symmetrical physique in a chocolate chestnut skin, carved a niche for himself ... Views: 893
It's been well-documented how 2011 was not exactly a vintage season for horse racing in the United States. A look at the recently-released World Thoroughbred Rankings, which was topped by European sensation Frankel, certainly confirms that fact. The highest ranked U.S.-based horse on the list ... Views: 830
A new form of gambling on horse races called “exchange wagering” could soon be coming to America. While its proven popular in Europe, exchange wagering has a slew of inherent problems that could prove troublesome to U.S. horsemen and racetrack officials.
In exchange wagering, which is ... Views: 641
Most casual sports fans are aware of horse racing's Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup World Championships. However, a longtime challenge for the game has been how to provide fans with a cohesive format that bridges the sport's two showcase events. Enter the Breeders' Cup Challenge.
The Breeders' ... Views: 772
The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby is fast approaching on Saturday, May 5, 2012 with an exact post time of 6:24 PM EDT, and for the 138th consecutive time since its inauguration in 1875 (imagine that, a time before there was such a thing as a refrigerator, a World War I or II, a coffee ... Views: 1143
The Kentucky Derby has long been known as “the most exciting two minutes in sports.” While that's certainly a catchy tagline, it's not exactly accurate. In fact, two winners of the 1 1/4-mile American classic, which was first run in 1875, finished the race in under 2:00.
Secretariat, who is ... Views: 1514
The Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park has been one of the major prep races for the Kentucky Derby for decades. Recent editions have been particularly vintage, as no fewer than three winners of the Kentucky Derby since 2001 used the Florida Derby as their final Kentucky Derby prep.
The ... Views: 777
Technically, Foolish Pleasure won the race on that ill-fated day of 6th July at Belmont but did he really earn it? Born at around the same time of the year as his biggest contender ever, Ruffian, Foolish Pleasure was probably one amongst the most unfortunate horses to have had to face critical ... Views: 847
When Frankel raced his maiden win on 13th August in 2010, the mile long Newmarket race track seemed like a cakewalk to the colt, easily defeating his contender Nathaniel by half a length effortlessly. Nathaniel would later go on to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes later in July ... Views: 756
For new fans of racing looking to hone their handicapping chops, free online handicapping contests may be your best bet.
Several horse-racing related Web sites offer free handicapping contests throughout the year, many of which include cash prizes and other rewards. Some of the more popular ... Views: 1929
Thoroughbred racing’s most crucial and integral feature happens to be the horse himself/herself and only when the real sports machine is ready to set foot on the racing track can there be a possibility of a competition.
Racing has always been the test of stamina, speed and skill and ... Views: 520
Futurity Stakes, more commonly known as the Belmont Futurity is a race who’s tradition dates back to 1888 when the race was inaugurated at seven furlongs for two year olds. The race was first run on Labour Day at Sheepshead Bay Race Track back then, is now run annually at the Belmont Park Race ... Views: 762
Yet again there’s a new face of gaming taking shape and capturing hearts as more and more players experience what close to reality horse gaming actually feels like! Handpicked games, created for players big and small, HorseGames.com brings to you a whole new world of online horse games that are ... Views: 510
With the official arrival of spring upon us, contenders for the 2012 Kentucky Derby will be tasked with carrying their speed at even longer distances. Races such as the Wood Memorial Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Florida Derby, Arkansas Derby and Florida Derby, each contested at 1 1/8-miles, will ... Views: 989
Golden Gate Fields, located near Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay area, has been a Northern California racing institution since 1941. The track has been the lone host of major Thoroughbred racing in the area since the closing of Bay Meadows in 2008.
Golden Gate Fields, which opened its ... Views: 631
With the Breeder’s Cup Mile this year, another remarkable horse makes way to retirement. Goldikova, the three time winner of Breeder’s Cup Mile and one of the most prominent faces on the Breeder’s Cup circuit retires finishing third in her last attempt at the Mile race. The fine thoroughbred’s ... Views: 570
The world of Thoroughbred racing is rich and multifaceted. From the owners and breeders searching for that once in a lifetime horse, to the trainers and stable workers that make it all go; from die-hard handicappers on the prowl for their next major score, to the $2 bettor enjoying an afternoon ... Views: 605
Horse Racing is a highly watched sport of the rich and affluent along with the not so rich crowd who race for the sake of quenching their thirst for adventure and thrill on the racing stands seeing those sheer masterpieces of utmost perfection in flesh and blood galloping through the furlongs ... Views: 594
In 2006, historic Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., became much more than just a place to race horses. It was that spring that the first in a series of renovations, designed to bring the facility into the 21st-century, were unveiled to the general public.
Now, in addition to watching and ... Views: 749
The $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap traditionally marks the return of major turf racing in the United States from its winter slumber. It is the season's first Grade 1 race on grass and, given its lofty status and purse, a field of 11 turf specialists will look to kick off their 2012 ... Views: 520
Gulfstream Park officials weren't quite sure what to expect when the track's live racing season opened for business Saturday. The track was opening a month earlier than usual and before many of the snowbirds from the Northeast begin to arrive in South Florida.
The trepidation appears to ... Views: 494
The American Graded Stakes Committee assigned graded status to 465 stakes races for 2012, which includes four new Grade 1 races.
As is typically the case, the selections were not without controversy. Four races were downgraded from Grade 1 to Grade 2. The most egregious of these to many ... Views: 540
Talk about notable racehorses from the 19th century and Hindoo with his progeny, Hanover, won’t possibly elude the list. Hindoo lived a racing career that exhibited 35 racing starts with none finished out of money; Hanover following his sire’s footsteps placing 48 out of 50 career starts and ... Views: 582
Apple Blossom will be another premier event waiting to cast all top four year and older fillies and mares while the season is already preoccupied showcasing the top three year olds in the Triple Crown prep races. To take some time off from the inevitable Triple Crown noise, let’s have a look at ... Views: 670
When the voting lines opened for the champion older thoroughbreds for 2011, Havre de Grace was no exception but an obvious choice that stood tall amidst all her other male contenders reminiscent of the time when Azeri and Zenyatta made it to the top few and remained there for quite some time. A ... Views: 578
She may have vanished into thin air following her alleged downfall with a fourth place finish in the Breeder’s Classic despite being one of the favourites; but Havre de Grace may still have plenty of racing left in her and almost nothing may come in her way of following her role model ... Views: 480
Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago, IL. opened its 2012 live race meet with optimism in the air. Horsemen this season will be competing for higher purses, which is largely the result of an “impact fee” being paid out by the state's two riverboat casinos. The additional prize money has led to a ... Views: 747
Over the time, horse racing has evolved from a pure horse racing event which implemented very basic methods of equine-care and focussed primarily on the thrill, into a more sophisticated sport which now has acquired a status where horses are treated with state of the art care and facilities, ... Views: 593
The Belmont Stakes is a $1 million Grade 1 race for three year old thoroughbred horses run at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY each June and is the third jewel of the “Triple Crown of Horse Racing”. The Belmont is run just three weeks after the Preakness Stakes and five weeks after the Kentucky ... Views: 657