Horse Racing

26Aug

Travers Stakes on Saturday

By Clairenmike  |  August 26th, 2016  |  Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, The Travers Stakes  |  Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Saratoga Race Course  |  No Comments

Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator and Belmont Stakes winner Creator headline a full field of 14 3-year-olds set to battle this […]

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16Aug

Calvin Borel to return to riding in Kentucky

By Clairenmike  |  August 16th, 2016  |  Hall of Fame, Horse Racing, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Mine That Bird  |  Calvin Borel, Churchill Downs, Ellis Park, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Hall of Fame, horse racing, jockey, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Downs, Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra, Street Sense, Super Saver, Wayne Lukas  |  No Comments

Hall of Fame and three time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel said he would resume his riding career Aug. […]

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04Aug

Jockey Ron Turcotte and Secretariat Preakness garland in Saratoga

By Clairenmike  |  August 4th, 2016  |  Belmont Stakes, Churchill Downs, Hall of Fame, Horse Racing, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, National Museum of Racing, Penny Chenery, Preakness Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, Secretariat, Triple Crown, Victor Espinoza  |  Belmont Stakes, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, garland, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Hall of Fame, Jimmy Winkfield, jockey, Kentucky Derby, Lucien Laurin, National Museum of Racing, Penny Chenery, Preakness Stakes, racetrack, Riva Ridge, Ron Turcotte, Saratoga, Secretariat, thoroughbred, Triple Crown, Victor Espinoza  |  No Comments

Hall of Famer jockey Ron Turcotte returns to Saratoga this weekend. On Aug. 5-7, Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, […]

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28Jul

Derby winner Nyquist to race in Haskell Invitational on Sunday

By Clairenmike  |  July 28th, 2016  |  2016 Kentucky Derby, Del Mar, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Nyquist, Preakness Stakes  |  American Freedom, Awesome Slew, Brody’s Cause, Del Mar, Exaggerator, Gun Runner, Haskell Invitational, Iowa Derby, Kentucky Derby, Monmouth Park, Nyquist, Preakness, Reddam Racing, Sunny Ridge  |  No Comments

Monmouth Park yesterday announced by press release that from the West Coast to the East Coast, Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist […]

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21Jul

CARMA Poker Tournament raises funds for retired racehorses

By Clairenmike  |  July 21st, 2016  |  American Pharoah, California Chrome, Del Mar, Horse Racing, Jockeys  |  American Pharoah, California Chrome, California Retirement Management Account, CARMA, Hilton Del Mar Hotel, horse racing, jockeys, Texas Hold’em poker, thoroughbred, trainers  |  No Comments

It was an evening of intrigue, excitement and promise as more than 200 supporters of the California Retirement Management Account […]

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10Jul

Winchester Road Farm in Paris, Kentucky sells

By Clairenmike  |  July 10th, 2016  |  2013 Kentucky Derby, Auction, Breeders' Cup, Horse of the Year, Horse Racing, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Santa Anita Park  |  1236 Winchester Road, Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Carl Hanford, Claiborne Farm, Danzig, Darley Farm, Devil’s Bag, Easy Goer, Forty Niner, Goldencents, Horse of the Year, Kelso, Kentucky, Lady Winborne, Lord at War, Mr. Prospector, Paris, race horses, Riva Ridge, Rosecrest Farm, Round Table, Santa Anita Derby, Secretariat, Siena Farm, Stone Farms, Stonerside Farm, Unbridled, Wimborne Farm  |  No Comments

The farm in question is the former Wimborne Farm located at 1236 Winchester Road, Paris, Kentucky which directly adjoins Claiborne […]

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02Jun

Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr. elected to the Horse Racing Hall of Fame

By Clairenmike  |  June 2nd, 2016  |  Hall of Fame, Horse Racing, National Museum of Racing  |  Alfred Vanderbilt II, Ambiorix, Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock Jr, August Belmont II, Bayou, Bold Ruler, Buckpasser, Cicada, Claiborne Farm, Damascus, Dedicate, Doubledogdare, E.P. Taylor, E.R. Bradley, Forli, jockey, John Hay Whitney, Kelso, KY, Nadir, Nashua, Nasrullah, National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame, Neji, Nijinsky II, Paris, Paul Mellon, Princequillo, racehorses, Rachel Alexandra, Ramon Dominguez, Riva Ridge, Round Table, Sir Ivor, thoroughbred, Tom Ochiltree, Tom Rolfe, Wayne Wright, William Woodward Sr, Zenyatta  |  No Comments

Arthur B. “Bull” Hancock, Jr. and William Woodward, Sr., two of the most important and respected individuals in American thoroughbred […]

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29May

NBC Sports to telecast Royal Ascot in 2017

By Clairenmike  |  May 29th, 2016  |  American Pharoah, Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, California Chrome, Eclipse Awards, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown  |  2014 Kentucky Derby, American Pharoah, Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, California Chrome, Duke of Edinburgh, Eclipse Award, Formula One, French Open, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, NBC Sports Group, NBC Sports Live Extra, NBCSN, NBCUniversal, Preakness Stakes, Premier League, Premiership Rugby, Prince of Wales’s Stakes, racehorses, Royal Ascot, Royal Procession, Sports Emmys, The Open Championship, The Queen, Tour de France, Triple Crown races  |  No Comments

NBC Sports Group has reached a multi-year agreement for exclusive United States media rights to the Royal Meeting in Ascot, […]

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07May

Little change in odds as we start off Derby Day at Churchill Downs

By Clairenmike  |  May 7th, 2016  |  2016 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby  |  142nd Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Derby Day, Exaggerator, Kentucky, Louisville, May 7th, Mohaymen, Nyquist  |  No Comments

Betting for the 142nd Kentucky Derby opened yesterday at Churchill Downs. As the paramutuel windows open on 2016 Kentucky Derby […]

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05May

2016 Kentucky Derby Post Draw Quotes by Trainers

By Clairenmike  |  May 5th, 2016  |  2016 Kentucky Derby, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby  |  Brody’s Cause, Chad Brown, Cliff Sise, Creator, Dale Romans, Dallas Stewart, Danzing Candy, Destin, Donnie Von Hemel, Doug O'Neill, Exaggerator, Gun Runner, Gustavo Delgado, Keith Desormeaux, Kentucky Derby, Kiaran McLaughlin, Lani, Majesto, Mike Maker, Mikio Matsunaga, Mo Tom, Mohaymen, Mor Spirit, My Man Sam, Nyquist, Oscar Nominated, Outwork, Paddy Gallagher, Ron Moquett, Shagaf, Steve Asmussen, Suddenbreakingnews, Todd Pletcher, Tom Amoss, Tom’s Ready, Trojan Nation, Whitmore  |  No Comments

The Post Position Draw for the 2016 Kentucky Derby was held last night and the Trainers had lots to say! […]

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