KENTUCKY DERBY 2025 IS TODAY( culture / sports / horse-racing )
The Kentucky Derby is today! I know I'm excited. Are you excited?! I like the following horses (jockey, trainer) in the following order: 8 Journalism (Umberto Rispoli, Mike McCarthy); 21 Baeza (Flavien Prat, John Shirreffs); 18 Sovereignty (Junior Alvarado, Bill Mott); 7 ... read more
THE KENTUCKY DERBY: A GATEWAY TO IMMORTALITY( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Prompted and edited by BillThe Kentucky Derby, often referred to as The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports, is not just a race; it's a tradition steeped in history. Since its inception in 1875, the Derby has become the first jewel in the coveted Triple Crown of horse racing, a feat achieved by only a select few of the finest thor... read more
BREEDERS CUP 2020( culture / sports / horse-racing )
The Breeders Cup is happening today! And yesterday, but we missed that. Today is the big day, anyway. I am really looking forward to the Classic, the final race. Some big names. : breederscup.com/races/watchbr... read more
AMERICAN PHAROAH VS. SECRETARIAT, WHO WOULD WIN?( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Interesting!The 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah ran the sixth-fastest Belmont Stakes ever, but if he was racing against en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat(horse)Secretariat 's record time in 1973, he would have been a distant second. Watch the two races side-by-side.
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AMERICAN RACEHORSE, CIGAR, DIES AT AGE 24( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Sad news. He was one of the greats. We saw him in retirement at sharethelex.com/lexington-is-a-safe-bet-for-travel/#filter.articles-listscroller-item-page-1&tripadvisor&utmmediumbanner&fy21vlex&utmcontenthorizontalKentucky Horse Park several years ago. The two-time U... read more
CALIFORNIA CHROME, A HORSE OF A UNITING COLOR( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Here's hoping he wins! The race is tomorrow, Saturday, late afternoon Eastern time, usually on NBC.
They have a 77-year-old trainer who thought his big-time days were over, and a jockey who grew up afraid of horses. They pulled California Chrome's name out of Coburn's cowboy hat. If not for the luck of the draw th... read more
HOLLYWOOD PARK, WHAT A RUN IT HAD( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Today (December 22, 2013) is the last day of racing at Hollywood Park before it's torn down. It's sad, but that part of town has been the 'hood for several decades now, so it's no surprise no one wanted to go there. I worked there once, briefly, with the harness horses. It was back in the 80's, and it was not during a ra... read more
MUCHO MACHO MAN GROOVES TO HIS SONG( culture / sports / horse-racing )
BreedersCup.comBreeder's Cup Classic winner youtube.com/watch?vsiX3OTQGnoQMucho Macho Man grooves to his song . It was apparently removed (probably due to copyright issues), but here's the horse winning that race, and the Village People singi... read more
TRAVERS STAKES (2013)( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Several big name horses in it this year:Verrazano, Haskell winnerPalace Malice, Belmont and Jim Dandy winnerOrb, KentuckyDerby.comKentucky Derby winnerAnd drf.com/saratogahere... read more
ZENYATTA LOST( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Zenyatta lost by half a head!This is the sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/breederscup2010/news/story?id5771987Breeder's Cup Classic I'm talking about. I thought she was hurt or something the way she ran dead last, 20 lengths behind. Then she came out of nowhere and would have won with two m... read more