Waiting for Rachel
As it turns out, nothing could’ve been better for the Sport of Kings than a gelding and a filly stealing the spotlight.
As it turns out, nothing could’ve been better for the Sport of Kings than a gelding and a filly stealing the spotlight.
Oh yes, she did. Horse racing doesn’t get any better than what unfolded in last Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.
Take one Kentucky Derby winner and one Kentucky Oaks winner, sprinkle in some controversy, and voila! History in the making.
Jockey Calvin Borel took the Kentucky Oaks on a champ, and the Kentucky Derby on a long-shot. But who will he ride in the Preakness?
It’s the most magical time of the year: the first Saturday in May. Derby fever has swept away Jamie Newell and may return her … someday.
With Stardom Bound out of the Kentucky Oaks, the phenomenal Rachel Alexandra merely awaits coronation.
Old Fashioned and The Pamplemousse may be off the Derby trail, but Square Eddie is making his return with only two weeks left.
Is Old Fashioned old news? Not if he’s got anything to say about it. Win Willy, meanwhile, aims to prove his Rebel win was no fluke.
The Kentucky Derby is one month away. Can you feel it?
Derby darling Dunkirk has one last shot to earn a ticket to the Kentucky Derby. Will he live up to the hype in the Florida Derby?