Two of thoroughbred racing’s most beloved superstars in the past decade – Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra – never faced each other on the track, but will go into the National… read more →
Just over a week after she scored an easy victory in the Santa Anita Oaks, Songbird’s connections announced that the star filly has a fever and will have to skip… read more →
Songbird has long been regarded as one of the best 3-year-old racehorses this year – female or male — and her win Saturday in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks… read more →
Shortly after Kent Desormeaux won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby aboard Exaggerator on Saturday, he said he was still processing that he is headed toward the Kentucky Derby with… read more →
Often I think that perhaps my main role in this sport of horse racing is that of Observer of the Obvious:. Some people dig the stuff I write and say,… read more →
Trainer David Hofmans decided it was worth it to take a shot Saturday with Melatonin in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap after just one start this year. It paid… read more →
I’ve re-worked a piece I wrote for this ‘site, back in June, because now it’s 2016, and soon we’ll be thinking about the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame. And I’ve… read more →
American Pharoah – who had a phenomenal, near-perfect year in 2015 that included a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont along with a victory in the… read more →
California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, made a victorious return Saturday to the races in the Grade 2 San Pasqual at Santa Anita Park after more than nine… read more →