![]() CHATGPT ANSWER TO QUESTION ABOUT KENTUCKY DERBYfrom 2023 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / tech )Me: "Who is the most likely winner of the upcoming Kentucky Derby?" ChatGPT: "At this time, it is difficult to predict the most likely winner of the upcoming Kentucky Derby as the race has not yet taken place." You don't say! Thanks for nothing!... read more KENTUCKY DERBY 2022from 2022 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Who You Got? The First Saturday in May is this weekend. Place your bets! I like 3, 12, 13, 6, in that order, but will probably hedge my bets (no pun intended) and play that as a four-way exacta box so it doesn't matter which order they finish. Post Horse Trainer Jockey Morning Line Odd... read more KENTUCKY DERBY 2021from 2021 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Well, the First Saturday in May has come and gone, and all I can say is I am glad I could not get the online betting to work. I would have lost it all. I never let myself get out of control, but did have a $100 allowance. Online gambling has never been legal in Tennessee until late last year (Octobe... read more BREEDERS CUP 2020from 2020 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )The Breeders Cup is happening today! And yesterday, but we missed that. Today is the big day, anyway. I am really looking forward to the Classic, the final race. Some big names. breederscup.comUPDATE: Authentic won it... read more HARNESS RACING LEGEND, BILLY DIRECTfrom 2020 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )I just learned that a harness racing legend, Billy Direct, was born near where I live. I just thought that was pretty cool. See HistoricMarkersTN/MarkerDetail?markerID 058-047. It says his time w... read more KENTUCKY DERBY (2020)from 2020 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Thousand Words" upset Honor A. P. in the Shared Belief Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar and got a Beyer Speed Figure of 104, all of which prompted Marty McGee of Daily Racing Form to cut his odds to 12-1 from last week's 50-1 on his line for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5. "Art Collector,... read more BELMONT STAKES TO BE RUN FIRST IN TRIPLE CROWN THIS YEARfrom 2020 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Horse racing fans will not be denied the Triple Crown this year, even though the order of races will be different. Instead of having the Kentucky Derby, which will take place on Sept. 5, kick off the Triple Crown schedule, the series will begin on Saturday with the 2020 Belmont Stakes. This year... read more KENTUCKY DERBY POSTPONEDfrom 2020 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )This is a first, as far as we know. No, we didn't research it. We don't do a lot of research here. :) Anyway..."The 146th Kentucky Derby will be rescheduled from May 2, 2020 to September 5, 2020."See... read more DERBY THIS SATURDAYfrom 2019 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Here are my picks for Saturday's Kentucky Derby: WIN - Cutting Humor (because I have that); PLACE - Country House (because I want that); and SHOW - War of Will (because I'm going through that with our daughter).... read more AMERICAN PHAROAH VS. SECRETARIAT, WHO WOULD WIN?from 2015 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Interesting!The 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah ran the sixth-fastest Belmont Stakes ever, but if he was racing against Secretariat's record time in 1973, he would have been a distant second. Watch the two races side-by-side. Source:... read more THE ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY (2015)from 2015 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )The 20 three-year-olds to make the starting gate in the Kentucky Derby are determined by the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of races leading up to the Derby where contenders can earn points. Follow the leaderboard to se... read more AMERICAN RACEHORSE, CIGAR, DIES AT AGE 24from 2014 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Sad news. He was one of the greats. We saw him in retirement at Kentucky Horse Park several years ago.... read more CALIFORNIA CHROME, A HORSE OF A UNITING COLORfrom 2014 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )They have a 77-year-old trainer who thought his big-time days were over, and a jockey who grew up afraid of horses. They pulled California Chrome's name out of Coburn's cowboy hat. If not for the luck of the draw the horse could have been named Seabisquick.... read more HOLLYWOOD PARK, WHAT A RUN IT HADfrom 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Today (December 22, 2013) is the last day of racing at Hollywood Park before it's torn down. It's sad, but that part of town has been "the 'hood" for several decades now, so it's no surprise no one wanted to go there. I worked there once, briefly, with the harness horses. I... read more MUCHO MACHO MAN GROOVES TO HIS SONGfrom 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Breeder's Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man grooves to his song. It was apparently removed (probably due to copyright issues), but here's the horse winning that race, and the Village People sin... read more TRAVERS STAKES (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Several big name horses in it this year:Verrazano, Haskell winnerPalace Malice, Belmont and Jim Dandy winnerOrb, Kentucky Derby winnerAnd her... read more DERBY RESULTS (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Florida Derby winner Orb won today's Kentucky Derby in "the slop." But you've probably already heard/read about it. My pick, Revolutionary, finished 3rd. That was better than my picks have done in other ye... read more KENTUCKY DERBY-RELATED PAGES (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Where to keep up or catch up on the upcoming Derby:espn.go.com/horse-racing/triplecrown2013/Kentuckyderby.com/horseshr... read more ROAD TO THE TRIPLE CROWN (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )The Triple Crown 2013 - ESPN. I always try and follow these preludes to the Kentucky Derby so that I have at least an educated guess on Derby Day.... read more KENTUCKY OAKS & DERBY (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )2013 Kentucky Oaks Derby May 3 and 4, 2013 Tickets, Events, News. Time to start watching the Derby "prep" races so you can at least make an educated guess/bet on Derby Day!... read more BRISNET TOP 10 KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS (2011)from 2011 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Brisnet Top 10 Kentucky Derby ContendersHere's the current year's: Kentuckyderby.com/horse... read more KENTUCKY OAKS & DERBY (2011)from 2011 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Kentucky Oaks & Derby (2011)Time to start watching the races leading up to the Kentucky Derby so I have a clue who to bet on on Derby Day, May 7th. 2011 Kentucky Oaks Derby May 6 and 7, 2011 Tickets, Events, Ne... read more ZENYATTA LOSTfrom 2010 in ( culture / sports / horseracing )Zenyatta lost by half a head!This is the Breeder's Cup Classic I'm talking about. I thought she was hurt or something the way she ran dead last, 20 lengths behind. Then she came out of nowhere and would have won with two m... read more KENTUCKY DERBY (2008)from 2008 in ( culture / sports / horseracing / triplecrown )Here's a list of possible starters for next week's Kentucky Derby: Derby 2008.The experts are divided between Big Brown, Colonel John and Pyro as their picks. You can see their p... read more A DAY AT THE RACESfrom 1998 in ( culture / writing / stories / horseracing )from 1994The first Saturday in May. What does this date mean to you? Probably nothing, except that Spring has finally arrived, unless you live in California where it's been Spring already for two months or more - real Spring, not calendar Spring. But ask any horse racing buff and they will tel... read more |