Posted on: Jul 22, 2014
With his win in the Kentucky Derby and subsequent run at the Triple Crown most of the summer three year old attention has been focused on California Chrome. Despite the fact that he took the summer off to recuperate from a minor hoof injury suffered ....
Posted on: Jul 17, 2014
The Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs are an increasingly rare success story in the sport of horse racing but elsewhere there is no shortage of problems. Florida is no exception and although the Sunshine State has had a long history of thoroughbred ....
Posted on: Jul 16, 2014
Kentucky Derby veteran and the reigning Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Mucho Macho Man has been retired and will enter what will no doubt be a lucrative stud career. He’ll stand at Adena Springs Farm in Paris, Kentucky with a stud fee to ....
Posted on: Jul 14, 2014
Horse racing needs to attract new fans. That’s not a huge secret–the sport’s fanbase is aging and for a variety of reasons has done a very poor job attracting younger fans. Even though big races like the Kentucky Derby and compellin....
Posted on: Jul 12, 2014
Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome may have fallen short of winning the Triple Crown but there’s still a couple of superlatives he can earn in the second half of his three year old campaign. His connections are going to resume his training....
Posted on: Jul 08, 2014
The last time we saw 2014 Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome was during his unsuccessful Triple Crown bid when he came up short in the Belmont. He injured his hoof in the process and his connections indicated at the time that the Kentucky Derby ....
Posted on: May 04, 2014
California Chrome continued his improbable ride to the top of the three year old class on Saturday by pulling away late in the race and winning the Kentucky Derby. In the process 77 year old Art Sherman became the oldest trainer of a Kentucky Derby w....
Posted on: May 03, 2014
The ‘Run for the Roses’–aka the Kentucky Derby–will take place on Saturday afternoon at Louisville’s Churchill Downs race track. Favorite California Chrome will face 18 other equine challengers in the first leg of the Tr....
Posted on: May 02, 2014
Yesterday the ‘also eligible’ horse for the Kentucky Derby, Pablo Del Monte, got into the field when Bob Baffert’s Hoppertunity scratched from the race with a foot injury. On Friday it was Pablo Del Monte that was scratched with his....
Posted on: May 01, 2014
Bob Baffert can’t catch a break this Kentucky Derby season. He was hoping to get Bayern into the race and that didn’t happen. Now Baffert has been forced to scratch Rebel Stakes winner and Santa Anita Derby runner up Hopportunity out of t....