The Preakness Stakes, the middle jewel of Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, annually attracts some of the best 3-year-old racehorses in the country to Pimlico Race Course in Maryland. Contenders for the Preakness Stakes usually consist of a handful of horses that ran in the Kentucky Derby ... Views: 1225
The Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park has historically been one of the country's top prep races for the Kentucky Derby. The 2012 edition of the Grade 2 event is shaping up to be one of the best in years as three of this season's top Kentucky Derby contenders—Union Rags, Algorithms and ... Views: 691
The chilly winters of the American lands were lit by the brilliance and warmth of a new birth, something that the entire racing fraternity awaits each year after the annual racing season wanes off. Foaling marks a new beginning an multitudes of expectation flooding in from every soul that is ... Views: 582
Fantasy online games have opened new doors for racing enthusiasts all around the globe, thanks to their exciting range of horse racing games, a genre that is adorned with unpredictability and thrill that almost no other online game can scale. Since the time online games have been raking up ... Views: 488
Mike Smith is certainly one of the very best jockeys in the United States horse racing scene today, but a look back at his career suggests clearly that he is one of the best jockeys of all time, not of just this time. When it’s all said and done, his name will go down with the other all-time ... Views: 946
It was anticipated that the thirty year old draught will see an end when Real Quiet raced the three legs of the Triple Crown convincingly making way for an invincible victory with every leg. His defeat in the Belmont Stakes is still considered s one of the worst jockeying by a rider on such a ... Views: 647
Few prep races on the road to the Kentucky Derby has matched the success of Oaklawn Park's Rebel Stakes over the past 15 years. Since 1998, five winners of the the Grade 2, 1 1/16-mile Rebel went on to be named U.S. champion at some point in their careers and four of those won a Triple Crown ... Views: 583
When Regret was foaled in the year 1912, in Lincroft, New Jersey, little did Mr. Harry Payne Whitney know what the mare would accomplish as a thoroughbred on the race tracks she would soon invade once she turned old enough. Despite being foaled in an era when male horse were always more ... Views: 1006
That year emerged as the greatest year for fillies in American Racing History as Regret won, the first ever by a filly, Kentucky Derby, the most crucial and honoured race in thoroughbred racing culture. And while she did it, she grabbed the victory from her competitor from last racing season, ... Views: 574
The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby will commence on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Churchill Downs in beautiful Louisville, Kentucky, with a post time slated for 6:24 P.M. Since this race is usually the most eagerly anticipated horse race in the Western Hemisphere, let alone the United States, ... Views: 1525
Kentucky Derby winners have always held a special place in the hearts and minds of American sports fans. The combination of speed, stamina and competitive spirit that is required to win the Kentucky Derby are all much admired attributes in any athlete. Given this connection, we thought it would ... Views: 680
Horse Racing is a sport where a number of factors come into play passively but very integrally to result into one great performance by the jockey and his mount. What may seem a straight and simple run by a horse is greatly influenced by the role of its connections, be its owner, trainer, jockey ... Views: 1226
The past few years and probably further more to come have been and would be greatly influenced by female racehorses, if we swear by the trend thoroughbred racing has been subjected to recently. With Rachel Alexandra, winning away the Horse of the Year in 2009, followed by Zenyatta in 2010 and ... Views: 767
Nicknamed the “Queen of the Fillies”, Ruffian was out of the Reviewer, the Bold Ruler stallion and Shenanigans, a Native Dancer mare. Almost as famous for her racing career as a champion filly, Ruffian was equally remembered for his tragic death contributed as a eventuality to his soft boned ... Views: 714
Tampa Bay Downs, one of Thoroughbred racing's bigger success stories over the last several years, kicks off its road to the Kentucky Derby with the Grade 3, $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes.
The rise in prominence of the Tampa Bay Downs' 3-year-old series has coincided with that of the track in ... Views: 613
Warming upto the senior races, last year’s three year olds would now be competing in one of the biggest four year olds and up handicap event, more famously known as the ‘Big Cap’. The mile and a quarter chase to the $750,000 purse will not only showcase the top three year olds from 2011 but also ... Views: 934
In the lead-up to the Dec. 26 opening of the 2012 Santa Anita winter-spring meet, track officials plan to saturate the Los Angeles market with advertising and special offers in order to “reintroduce” the area's sports fans to the excitement of Santa Anita Park.
Chris Quinn, vice president of ... Views: 949
The Grade 1 Santa Margarita Stakes is annually Santa Anita Park's championship race for fillies and mares. As such, the female counterpart to the historic Santa Anita Handicap has been won by some of the most legendary female racehorses in history, not the least of which was Zenyatta in 2010. ... Views: 541
If Seabiscuit could talk, he would have probably answered a million questions about him, many that were insufficiently answered over a period of time by race experts and his own connections and many that still lay uncovered under wraps of curiosity and doubt. Despite a best-seller biographical ... Views: 873
There may not have been a chain of remarkable wins by this unfortunate star on the racing arena but is questionably strange how the air of anticipation and expectation never seems to run out on this silently capable race horse. The chestnut colt derives a major contribution to his pedigree, ... Views: 391
Of the most impressive progeny any mare has produced in her lifetime, Shenanigans by far ranks amongst the best ever dams in racing history. Foaled in 1963, followed by a limited success in racing career, Shenanigans went on to become one of the most known and remembered dams bred to a handful ... Views: 2132
To many of Mo’s fans it still seems like disparage of his competence as a 10 furlong race horse following his fade-off in the Breeder’s Classic. And, as an avid fan and follower of this incredible race horse, I agree no less. Not looking at the technical and factual aspects of the race ... Views: 447
John Madden Football is great, but some people prefer watching the more awesome athlete called the thoroughbred horse. What's the latest in horse racing games online?
The first racetrack in America was constructed on Long Island in 1665. The American Stud Book was started in 1868, launching ... Views: 656
For horses trying to reach the starting gate for Kentucky Derby, earning enough money in graded stakes races during the lead-up to the first Saturday in May is of paramount importance. That's because Churchill Downs caps the Derby field at 20 starters. If more than that enters, starting slots ... Views: 503
Stymie, foaled in 1941 in Texas, was late a late arrival on the racing front despite having a pedigree to die for. His career was probably one of the most dynamic years of racing ever witnessed with more than a hundred starts in a tenure of 7 racing years. Stymie, despite all failures and ... Views: 944
When Secretariat was gauging the fields and trying to find some foot on the racing tracks, a stronger and more experienced contender from a similar ancestry awaited him at the gates; Sham was sired by Pretense, to Seqoia by Princequillo; the grad sire to Secretariat as well. The genetic traits ... Views: 618
Thoroughbred horse training and care takes a lot of money, time, and love on the part of the human beings employed to try to make him/her a champion. In general, primary care for a racing thoroughbred is the responsibility of the veterinarian, the trainer, the groom, and the stable hands. ... Views: 611
For almost as many as 5 decades now computer games have been domesticated and been made available to the commoners. While the initial days needed them to be purchased expensively, the launch of internet dawned a new era of computer and video gaming that made acquisition of games for ... Views: 946
Belmont Stakes was inaugurated in 1867 and much to the surprise of everyone that day, the race was won by a filly despite a field comprising of stronger male contenders and the gruelling distance. This was Ruthless, the first winner of the first Belmont Stakes, also the first filly to achieve a ... Views: 1217
The birth of Secretariat was a memorable one as he was born unnaturally huge and under conditions when the foaling stable, the Meadow Stable in the Caroline County of Doswell, was counting its days before a possible sell-off. The “Sport of Kings”, as he was fondly remembered after his ... Views: 582
The greatest stories of the race horses have been those when the finest racing thoroughbreds, the champions of the race tracks, rose out of nothing, from the ashes. It has always been about the fight against the strongest competitor, the most prevalent contention, what a race horse overcame to ... Views: 565
It was a legend that germinated from a legend himself. Nasrullah was sired by the great Irish thoroughbred, Aga Khan III; the saga soon followed into his satisfactory response on the racing front but an amazing produce when he moved to siring. Nasrullah bred almost 15 racing champions, the most ... Views: 1548
The Derby prize has come and gone to many thoroughbreds since 1875 and each year a new thoroughbred has etched its name on the trophy’s ownership after a gruelling duel to the wire running their first longest race, well almost in all cases, a mile and a half’s distance never exposed to before. ... Views: 828
The Pacific Classic was run first in 1991, so compared to historic races such as the Travers Stakes, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont, it has a relatively short history. Nonetheless, it has quickly become one of the premier races, and is the centerpiece of the summer Del Mar ... Views: 651
Mint Juleps will be in many hands when the post time for the 137th Kentucky Derby arrives at 6:24 P.M. on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at historic Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. By the time the starting gate opens and the horses break from the gate, NBC (who is broadcasting the Run ... Views: 743
The Breeder’s Cup 2011 chariot of 15 races is fast approaching the Churchill Downs and while the best performers may have earned a position amongst the finalists, one can never banish the fears of an upsetting race from one of the less anticipated. Each contender must be equally feared and ... Views: 421
THE MOST IMPORTANT BETTING SECRET! With Triple Crown season almost upon us, you can bet that people all over not just the United States, but the world will be hoping to find just the right bet for the Kentucky Derby (6:24 EDT Post Time, 5/5/12). There are still several key Kentucky Derby prep ... Views: 766
Super Saver provided Calvin Borel his most memorable win in the year 2010 when he ran to victory after a rail hugging chase to the wire, a style very reminiscent of the Borel riding. Super Saver added another feather to the winning streak and the 1000 wins at the Churchill Downs bringing his ... Views: 473
Kentucky Derby Post Time - The 138th running of the Kentucky Derby will be on Saturday, May 5, 2012 with a Post Time of 6:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time. There will be a full field of twenty horses for this race, which is considered the most prestigious thoroughbred horse race in North America, ... Views: 1168
The million dollar race to the wire doesn’t come easy, especially when the distance in picture is a mile and a complete half appended to it. This is the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown and also the most testing of all, the prime reason for it also being known as, “The Test of ... Views: 935
So, who bets on virtual horses? Do you use virtual money, and if a virtual horse falls and breaks a leg, does it simply get deleted instead of being shot (as in days of western movies)? To answer seriously, there seems to be several type of games inside the virtual horse racing world.
There ... Views: 529
Horse racing in general, and the Kentucky Derby in particular, is chalk full of terms and phrases that will likely be unfamiliar to the uninitiated. Thankfully, you need not be an expert to enjoy the Kentucky Derby. Learning just a handful of important Kentucky Derby vocabulary words is really ... Views: 1704
Horse racing in general, and the Kentucky Derby in particular, is chalk full of terms and phrases that will likely be unfamiliar to the uninitiated. Thankfully, you need not be an expert to enjoy the Kentucky Derby. Learning just a handful of important Kentucky Derby vocabulary words is really ... Views: 1335
Thoroughbred racing is a feast to the eye but the training and care of racing horses is an exceptionally difficult job. Owners and trainers have a detailed knowledge of their illnesses and an in-depth awareness of all possible disorders. But what afflicts thoroughbreds most commonly? Here’s a ... Views: 990
Online racing has been a very catchy and engaging activity since the time when computer games were incepted and created for the masses. The internet’s World Wide Web provided the medium to service it to every fan around the globe and voila! Every enthusiast who was interested with the concept ... Views: 1042
A horse’s heart weighs not more than 8.5 pounds, Secretariat’s weighed 22!
As you all must be aware of the incredible findings of a vet who treated Secretariat regarding the colt’s magnificently pounding heart; it weighed 22 pounds, the heaviest heart any thoroughbred has been found with. While ... Views: 2057
Breeder’s Cup Classic is a gruelling 1 ¼ miles of dirt race that handpicks only the best of the lot from the three-year-olds and up thoroughbreds who’ve made a distinctive career and can withstand the Breeder’s Cup Challenge series that act as the qualification criteria prerequisite to ... Views: 453
A grade 3 event, the Tom Fool Handicap race came into existence as an honour paid to one of the finest thoroughbreds from the world racing history, Tom Fool, who was ranked 11 by the Blood-Horse magazine for his amazing performance as a potential thoroughbred highly renowned for his supremacy ... Views: 623
In one month's time, this year's juvenile crop will turn 3 and begin along the trail to the Triple Crown. A handful of this year's 2-year-old's have already distinguished themselves from their contemporaries and figure to play a prominent role in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby.
Two colts ... Views: 442
The list of would-be Kentucky Derby contenders is constantly evolving on the way to the first Saturday in May and this year has been no different. Based on recent strong performances, a slate of six new Kentucky Derby contenders were put in place as part of Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future ... Views: 719