After last Saturday, much has been made (like on “the other board”) that true racing fans should cheer for both Zenyatta AND Rachel.  And more specifically, that Zenyatta fans should not delight in the fact that Rachel got beat.
My answer is…SCREW THAT!    I’m a little too old to start with the Political Correctness now.  So [...]

Jess Jackson did the distaff division of thoroughbred racing a huge favor by racing his future champion Rachel Alexandra against the boys. The  wonderfully unintended consequence of his actions has been an uptick in owners and trainers running their fillies and mares against males.
A recent example was Tizfiz, a 5 year old Tiznow mare, taking [...]

I wish the Kentucky Derby would reduce its field size from 20 to 14.
That doesn’t mean they necessarily SHOULD.  I don’t have enough strong evidence to make that kind of a blanket statement.  Just call it a strong personal preference that they run less horses.
Here’s why…
#1 is safety. I don’t necessarily think a 20-horse field [...]

The following is a guest blog by Ornatan:
Revenge . . .
. . . Is Mine.
Who wants Revenge?
It was the question on everyone’s lips during Derby week; and the bitter throng had many answers to offer. The pre-race Derby favorite was trained by Jeff Mullins, who had long since been anointed by hardened gamblers as a [...]

Lots of us American horseracing fans just shake our heads as the sport we enjoy slips further and further into obscurity.
Some folks feel that the problem is “marketing”.  That the sport does a very poor job “marketing” itself, particularly when compared to other sports.  Although I agree with that, unfortunately I think that horseracing’s challenges [...]