September 1, 2012 - 8:15am
Mucho Macho Man, Shackleford, Stay Thirsty headline Saturday’s card at Saratoga
Five alumni from the 2011 Kentucky Derby - including Mucho Macho Man and Shackleford - are set to run at various tracks through Monday.Mucho Macho Man, third behind Animal Kingdom and Nehro in the Derby, is 3 of 4 this year and is seeking his first Grade 1 win in the Woodward. The 8-5 favorite is...
July 29, 2012 - 7:50pm
Ruler On Ice relishes the slop and posts a shocking win in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes.
Over a sloppy Belmont track, 24-1 Ruler On Ice shocked the crowd of 55,779, when he took the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Belmont Stakes. This was the first Belmont Stakes appearance for the connections of Ruler On Ice which include owners George and Lori Hall, trainer Kelly Breen, and jockey Jose Valdivia,...
July 29, 2012 - 7:50pm
The Belmont stakes, which runs tomorrow in Elmont, New York, completes this year's Triple Crown series of racing and includes Derby winner, Animal Kingdom, and Preakness winner, Shackleford.
In the 143rd running of the Grade 1 $1,000,000 Belmont Stakes Animal Kingdom, the Graham Motion trained Kentucky Derby winner, will again face Shackleford, trainer Dale Romans' Preakness Stakes winner. Although Animal Kingdom has been installed as the morning line favorite at 2-1 and...
July 29, 2012 - 7:50pm
Who do you like in the Derby?
In a field of twenty young horses, running further than they ever have before, over a new surface or race track, it's a difficult thing to pick the winner. The Grade 1 Kentucky Derby is one race in which no amount of handicapping prowess will direct bettors to the likely winner. Calvin Borel...
July 29, 2012 - 7:50pm
Kathy Ritvo, a heart transplant recipient, is using her spotlight to highlight the importance of organ donation.
Three years ago 42-year-old trainer Kathy Ritvo watched Big Brown win the Kentucky Derby from her hospital bed. She was awaiting a much needed heart transplant from a condition called cardiomyopathy, which claimed the life of her brother at age 38. About a week after that 2008 Derby, Kathy...
