BALTIMORE, MD -- Word in the press box regarding all new shooters for Saturday's 137th running of the Preakness Stakes: they've got no shot.Word in the press box is usually right.It has long been noted that horses wheeling back from a Kentucky Derby ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Make sure you know how to pronounce Gutierrez, and memorize how to spell it, too. You haven't heard the last of a young jockey with that name, one who rode at Churchill Downs for the first time in his life on Saturday and won the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- They've run the Kentucky Oaks for 138 years. It only took Rosie Napravnik two to get it won.Last year, Napravnik became the third woman to ride in the Oaks when she finished second aboard St. John's River. Only two other women ...

LOUISVILLE, KY -- She sat tall in the saddle, the girl we know simply as Hope. It had been a busy Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs, with visits to top Kentucky Derby contenders and conversations with leading trainers. But here was the highlight ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Sunday morning on the backside, and Bodemeister was standing in the same stall we found him in Saturday at the same time -- but now he's the Arkansas Derby winner, which elevates him greatly in our estimation.The dark bay colt ...

STICKNEY, IL -- The guys were lost. They were looking for directions. First time to Hawthorne Race Course and where's an owner supposed to park the car, pick up some programs? Gotta find the box, figure out the fastest route to the winner's circle. ...

It is a well-known fact among horsemen at Fair Grounds Race Course that one of the season's most talented 3-year-olds has yet to make his second start. Bourbon Courage is that contender's name, and if he delivers a performance half as impressive as ...

LEXINGTON, KY -- He was born as a full moon shone over the bluegrass, and those who anxiously awaited his arrival thrilled at the news, finally here -- this little prince, son of Zenyatta.The dark bay colt with the small white star could be seen ...

ARCADIA, Calif. -- How did Bob Fletcher come to dedicate his life to a nonprofit called the Winner's Foundation? Here's a simple answer: He was too scared to go anywhere else."Without the Winner's Foundation, I don't know if I would have stayed ...

"The road to the Kentucky Derby is like NCAA basketball," Bryan Sullivan remarked one morning after El Padrino's solid Gulfstream allowance score. "The goal is to survive and advance -- to run good enough to move to the next level."Their 3-year-old ...