Shared Belief — the 2013 Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male champion whose unbeaten streak was broken in the Breeders’ Cup Classic last month — narrowly collected his fifth win of the… read more →
The undefeated Dortmund — an early Kentucky Derby favorite — won his first stakes race Saturday in the G1 Los Alamitos Futurity in a dramatic photo-finish. In his third start,… read more →
Well you can never under estimate the part luck plays in anything in life. However if you just rely on luck you will most often come up short. Folks probably… read more →
Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome ran away Saturday with another Derby – Del Mar’s Grade I Hollywood Derby – enhancing his chances for top 3-year-old and Horse of the Year.… read more →
The sport of horse racing is at a critical juncture: here in the U.S., we have to make firm decisions on many factors, the results of which will either make… read more →
In our corporate society, we hear and read it everywhere: teamwork, teamwork, teamwork. Yes, it makes a difference. People by nature are not teamwork-driven. Think about it this way: from… read more →
I read today in Joe Drape’s New York Times‘ article on Cigar, that the osteoarthritis in the great horse’s back and neck had taken its toll. Drape wrote that Cigar… read more →
When faced with the task of growing the sport, horse racing keeps asking one same, wrong question–and yet keeps expecting to receive different answers. The wrong question that’s asked of… read more →
Females in horse racing–both fans and professionals–need to figure out: are we content with the image of fluffball chicks, wearing ultra-mini skirts and 8″ stilettos–talking like Mickey Mouse on helium–and just-so-darned… read more →
If you’re like me, you adore Secretariat, and the legacy that was carved out by that great horse with key humans in his life, Penny Chenery and Ron Turcotte. If… read more →