The Triple Crown is over and for many, it didn't have the proper ending, as California Chrome failed to become the 12th horse to capture the trilogy and become part of horse racing immortality. But, that was three weeks ago,...
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The Fans Know That Making History is Hard
June 7, 2014FARMINGTON---They were there. They were ready. They were ready to cheer, ready to anoint and celebrate a Triple Crown winner, the first since Affirmed in 1978. For those who don't know, Farmington is a town about 15 miles...
Beware: Big Sandy Lurking
And, so it begins. For the second time in two weeks, California Chrome shined bright on the big stage. For the second time in two weeks, the modest California colt absolutely toyed with the field in a Triple Crown race. ...
On to Pimlico and the Preakness
It will begin in earnest. The Triple Crown hoopla surrounding California Chrome will certainly have people talking through May 17 when the Preakness Stakes takes place in Baltimore, Maryland. It also doesn't hurt that the owners of the colt have...
Keeneland Decision Shows Horse Racing’s Inconsistencies
If you're a sports fan with some gray hairs, you'll remember the glory days of boxing in the late 1960s and 1970s. Back then, you had George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes and Muhammed Ali routinely battling for...
The Deep End of the Pool
We are now within the zone, that being less than four weeks until the Kentucky Derby. Some call it the deep end of the pool, where contenders emerge and pretenders fade away. The 50 point races have been replaced by...
Derby Winner: Is It In The Blood?
The Kentucky Derby is less than two months away, and soon it, and spring will be here and for those living in the northeast, winter can't leave soon enough. As for the Kentucky Derby contenders, to me, there is still...
A Major Move for NYRA
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont make up the Triple Crown races each year, something we already know. The first two legs are major events at Churchill Downs and Pimlico Race Course respectively, while the Belmont, although major, is a...
The End and the Beginning
Next Sunday is a significant day in American sports. We all know that it's Super Bowl Sunday, but more importantly ,it is the end of the NFL season and the networks, which bend over backwards to show anything NFL related...
Kentucky Derby Only 17 Weeks Away!
Happy New Year, and now that it is 2014, is it too early to start thinking about the first Saturday in May, better known as the Kentucky Derby? The answer, of course is no. The world's biggest race uses a...