Churchill Downs officials are assessing the aftermath of a possible tornado that left several horse barns damaged and has temporarily halted races at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Track spokesman John Asher says it was “borderline miraculous” that no people or horses were hurt when the storm hit Wednesday evening. A tornado touched down [...]
Shackleford won the Preakness Saturday , holding off a late charge from Kentucky Derby-winner Animal Kingdom. It was almost a scene out of the equine Twilight Zone, a trip through the occult straight out of Marie Laveau’s Voodoo attic, one instant saying the right thing, and never dreaming how prophetic it was. Saturday didn’t bring [...]
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is the early 2-1 favorite for Saturday’s Preakness and trainer Graham Motion is confident of the colt’s chances. Dialed In is trained by Nick Zito and is the early 9-2 second choice. The star of the Preakness has stayed far away from the Preakness scene this week. That will change [...]
One of the great things about Kentucky Derby Day is the undercard of fantastic stakes action and big fields. Saturday, Churchill Downs will present an undercard featuring the traditional pre-Derby stakes races: the Twin Spires Turf Sprint, the Humana Distaff, the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile, the Churchill Downs, and the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (which [...]
The Westminster Dog Show’s full title is the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Its 135th Annual All Breed competition will take place on February 14-15, 2011, at Madison Square Garden. The first Westminster show was held on May 8, 1877. In truth, that makes it it the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the United [...]
Be that as it may, the Marathon is once again the leadoff event for Breeders’ Cup weekend. Extended by a quarter mile for last year’s running, the 14-furlong test is – fittingly – the longest BC race. The first two runnings were won by horses coming from off the pace. (Muhannak tracked the longshot Booyah before overtaking [...]
