Horses We Love
Why Breeding Doesn’t Mean A Thing In The Triple Crown Races
June 7, 2018 | Derek SimonDosage Not A Predictable Factor For Belmont Winners By Derek Simon Almost since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated by artificial selection — the idea that through careful manipulation of the breeding process, one can achieve a more desirable result, whether that be a better-tasting broccoli, a fatter cow or a seedless […]
Ransom Notes: All Aboard The Justify Bandwagon, I Am Honored To Be Your Driver
June 6, 2018 | Margaret RansomWho is Ready For a 13th Triple Crown Winner? I Am! By Margaret Ransom I confess, I’m pretty excited. I am excited to think that Justify may be the next Triple Crown winner. And I really believe it, so much so that I am to the point that — against my better judgment and […]
Justify: The Evolution Of A Champion
June 5, 2018 | Jim SaffordScat Daddy Colt Went From Maiden to Dual Classic Winner in Three Months By Jim Safford Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Justify’s evolution from an unraced 3-year-old to dual classic winner has been nothing short of remarkable. Following is a photo collage of his evolution from before his first start through his last […]
Stallion Stories: Silver Charm
May 26, 2018 | Margaret RansomBob and Beverly Lewis Colt Is Perhaps The Most Beloved Dual Classic Winner (Originally published April 4, 2017) By Margaret Ransom “Racing is a funny, interesting sport,” Lanter observes. “It has to be the only sport where you can go to the farms, or the Kentucky Horse Park, or the track and see the […]
Justify Justly Favored In Preakness
May 19, 2018 | Margaret RansomKentucky Derby Aims To Put Dual Classic Winner on Resume in Historic Race By Margaret Ransom Though the Kentucky Derby (GI) has officially been run one more time than the Preakness Stakes (GI), Maryland’s most prestigious race is actually older than it’s red-rose-adorned counterpart and, to many, carries it’s own prestige. In fact, one […]
Justify, Good Magic Headline Preakness
May 17, 2018 | Noel MichaelsTop Pair Will be Joined By Six Others In Pimlico’s Starting Gate By Noel Michaels The Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown, will be run Saturday, May 19 — in its usual spot two weeks after the Kentucky Derby. With the Derby winner and runner-up heading to Baltimore for the […]
American Pharoah: From A Grand Slam Champ To A Grand Sire In The Making
May 14, 2018 | Mary PerdueExcitement builds as Triple Crown winner’s first crop come to the major yearling sales in 2018 By Mary Perdue It’s hard to believe it’s been less than three years since Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah thrilled racing fans around the world by capturing the first U.S. Triple Crown in 37 years, then capped it off […]
Stallion Stories: Go For Gin
May 2, 2018 | Margaret RansomThe Oldest Kentucky Derby Winner on American Soil in Residence at the Kentucky Horse Park By Margaret Ransom This year marks the 24th anniversary of Go For Gin’s triumph in the 1994 Kentucky Derby (G1), and while he’s not the oldest living Kentucky Derby winner – 1993 winner Sea Hero is reported to be a […]
Stallion Stories: Seattle Slew
May 2, 2018 | Margaret RansomRemembering the last undefeated Triple Crown winner (Originally published April 27, 2018) By Margaret Ransom This year marks the 40th anniversary of Seattle Slew’s Triple Crown. The big, black stallion was the first and remains the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history and ranks as one of the most beloved racehorses and stallions […]
The Story Of Bet Gold
April 22, 2018 | Mary PerdueBy Mary Perdue (Part Two in a series about South Carolina Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances program at Wateree Correctional Facility) Six years ago, when Kentucky-bred gelding Bet Gold raised his head from grazing in a field with fellow retired thoroughbreds, he could see barbed wire behind the fences surrounding his pasture at Wateree Correctional […]
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