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Still Going Strong At 39, Is “Athens” The Country's Oldest Living Thoroughbred? Still Going Strong At 39, Is “Athens” The Country's Oldest Living Thoroughbred?

[caption id="attachment_519798" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Duplicitous breaks his maiden at Delaware Park in 1990 | Hoofprints, Inc. [/caption] As is the... [ Read More ]

“I Can Make A Difference”: Janie Buss Builds A Purple And Gold Legacy All Her Own With Purple Rein Racing “I Can Make A Difference”: Janie Buss Builds A Purple And Gold Legacy All Her Own With Purple Rein Racing

Years before they skyrocketed to sports stardom with the purchase of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979, the Buss family,... [ Read More ]

The Producers: Atomic Blonde, Dam of Preakness Winner Napoleon Solo The Producers: Atomic Blonde, Dam of Preakness Winner Napoleon Solo

Pop quiz: what do 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify and Atomic Blonde, dam of last week's GI Preakness Stakes winner... [ Read More ]

Trio of Graded Stakes Headline Memorial Day Racing At Santa Anita Trio of Graded Stakes Headline Memorial Day Racing At Santa Anita

A pair of Grade I turf tests in addition to the GII Hollywood Gold Cup highlight Santa Anita's Memorial Day... [ Read More ]

Expensive Bolt d'Oro Firster Gets Going At Monmouth Expensive Bolt d'Oro Firster Gets Going At Monmouth

2nd-MTH, $45k, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f, post time: 1:19 p.m. ET A $1.4-million graduate of the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling... [ Read More ]

Family Matters: Kristin Brennan Carries On Tradition Of Horsemanship Family Matters: Kristin Brennan Carries On Tradition Of Horsemanship

The major yearling sales are still a few months out, but to Kristin Brennan they are right around the corner.... [ Read More ]

Pricey Into Mischief Filly Debuts In Gulfstream Nightcap Pricey Into Mischief Filly Debuts In Gulfstream Nightcap

9th-GP, $68k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, post time: 5:04 p.m. ET STREET PLAY (Into Mischief), a $700,000 Keeneland September purchase,... [ Read More ]

New York Pension Fund For Backstretch Workers Enters 56th Year New York Pension Fund For Backstretch Workers Enters 56th Year

The New York Backstretch Employees Pension Trust has a bit of a "well-kept secret" shroud to it. Even longtime Thoroughbred... [ Read More ]

Friday's Insights: Life Is Good's Beach Life Kicks Off at the Big A Friday's Insights: Life Is Good's Beach Life Kicks Off at the Big A

1st-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, (S), 5f, 1:10p.m. Life Is Good is represented by a pair of juveniles, including Repole Stable's... [ Read More ]

American Pharoah Colt Returns From Long Absence at Kyoto American Pharoah Colt Returns From Long Absence at Kyoto

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at... [ Read More ]

Hands on History: For Three Chimneys Farm, Gun Runner Always Delivers Hands on History: For Three Chimneys Farm, Gun Runner Always Delivers

Doug Cauthen still vividly remembers watching from the tunnel at Del Mar as the field reached the starting gate for... [ Read More ]

Harty Resorts To First Principles Harty Resorts To First Principles

Horses long ago tutored Eoin Harty in the kind of coincidences that defy rational explanation, as we'll discover when reaching... [ Read More ]

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