This Saturday the bells will sound to start the first of three races that make up the United State’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred racing. continue reading...
Commonly referred to as simply the Triple Crown, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is a series of three races run by three-year-old thoroughbred horses. continue reading...
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When we say sport is war, we don’t usually think of horse racing, but reading this, I can’t help but think that horse racing is pretty tough. From FOX Sports:
Eight Belles is dead. She broke two ankles after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby, and since horses can’t live after that kind of injury (for various reasons), she was euthanized on the track. continue reading...
Time Warner takes a page from the book of “give people what they want”
Enter SI Vault. If you are wondering what SI Vault is, as the name would imply, it’s 54 years of Sports Illustraded’s covers, images, stories and much more. If an image is worth a thousand words, what would 54 years’ worth of images be worth? continue reading...
I love how quickly Zidane-ing has become a verb! This story is ridiculous…
LONDON - Jockey Paul O’Neill apologized Tuesday for head-butting his horse at a race last weekend. continue reading...
A hero and his horse won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Undefeated Barbaro stormed into the lead at the top of the stretch and won convincingly to give trainer Michael Matz his first Derby victory and jockey Edgar Prado his first winning ride. Matz’s big day came nearly 17 years after he led three children to safety following the crash of United flight 232 from Denver to Chicago into an Iowa cornfield. continue reading...
