Below is everything (newest at top) with "education OR news OR sports OR horse-racing" in its title or subcategories. For a strict listing (matching all categories and subcats), click hereLEADING FROM THE REAR: HOW HERD INSTINCT SHAPES KENTUCKY DERBY CLOSERSfrom 2026 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )
I remember my sister telling me how a dominant mare leads her herd from behind, not from in front. Being a lifelong fan of horse racing, it got me wondering how that mindset might apply to horse racing. I asked Copilot, and here is the result... Prompted and edited by Bill Every spring, as the Kentucky Derby field loads into the gate, the same d... read more HARNESS RACING RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA IN 2026from 2025 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Prompted and edited by Bill.The California Horse Racing Board's approval of dates at Fresno for Watch and Wager harness racing marks a significant step forward for the sport in the state: Barn area dates: November 4, 2026 -- May 11, 2027 Racing days: December 12, 2026 -- May 1, 2027 Location: Fresno, California This allocation means Califor... read more IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS JOURNEY: FRANKIE DETTORI'S FINAL RACE WILL BE CHILE'S EL DERBYfrom 2025 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Dettori aims to ride in several prestigious races in South America before ending his career in the final leg of the Chilean Triple Crown. See Frankie Dettori's final race... read more THE 2025 BELMONT STAKES: JOURNALISM VS. SOVEREIGNTY IN A THRILLING REMATCHfrom 2025 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )
Prompted and edited by Bill. Horse racing fans are in for a spectacular showdown this Saturday as Journalism, Sovereignty, and Baeza face off once again in the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes. With the Kentucky Derby winner (Sovereignty) and Preakness Stakes champion (Journalism) both in the field, the race promises fierce competition and a bat... read more KENTUCKY DERBY 2025 IS TODAYfrom 2025 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
The Kentucky Derby is today! I know I'm excited. Are you excited?! I like the following horses (jockey, trainer) in the following order: 8 Journalism (Umberto Rispoli, Mike McCarthy); 21 Baeza (Flavien Prat, John Shirreffs); 18 Sovereignty (Junior Alvarado, Bill Mott); 7 Luxor Cafe (Joao Moreira, Noriyuki Hori). Here's the complete list of ... read more 2024 BREEDERS CUP A WEEK AWAYfrom 2024 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / breeders-cup )
Just one more week until this year's Breeders' Cup, this time at Del Mar. They rotate its location every year. Last year it was at Santa Anita, but has also been held at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, even Monmouth, Belmont, Lone Star, Aqueduct and Canada's Woodbine. I'm sure they'd like to spread it out to even more venues, but... read more THE KENTUCKY DERBY: A GATEWAY TO IMMORTALITYfrom 2024 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Prompted and edited by Bill.The Kentucky Derby, often referred to as The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports, is not just a race; it's a tradition steeped in history. Since its inception in 1875, the Derby has become the first jewel in the coveted Triple Crown of horse racing, a feat achieved by only a select few of the finest thoroughbreds. ... read more RACEHORSES AT CHURCHILL DOWNS FITTED WITH WIRELESS DEVICESfrom 2023 in ( education / news / sports / horse-racing )
This STRIDESafe device monitors the horse's movements 2,400 times per second throughout the race, sending 2,400 pulses of radio frequency (RF) radiation every second through the body of the horse. It also contains a GPS component that communicates with global positioning satellites. It also communicates with the RFID chip implanted in the left... read more CHATGPT ANSWER TO QUESTION ABOUT KENTUCKY DERBYfrom 2023 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / 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! It can predict stocks but not horses?... read more KENTUCKY DERBY 2022from 2022 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )
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 Odds1 - Mo Donegal - Todd Pletcher - Irad Ortiz, Jr. - 10... read more HARNESS RACING LEGEND, BILLY DIRECTfrom 2020 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / harness-racing )
I just learned that a harness racing legend, Billy Direct, was born near where I live. I just thought that was pretty cool. See Billy Direct. It says his time was 1:44 but in fact it was 1:55. I don't know if it's a typo on that website or the marker itself, but I emailed the Tennessee Historical Commission notifying them of the correc... read more BELMONT STAKES TO BE RUN FIRST IN TRIPLE CROWN THIS YEARfrom 2020 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )
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's race is shorter than usual, as it will be 1-1/... read more AMERICAN PHAROAH VS. SECRETARIAT, WHO WOULD WIN?from 2015 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
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: American Pharoah vs. Secretariat: Who Would Win? width300 alignright ... read more THE ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY (2015)from 2015 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )
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 see who will make the starting gate on the first Saturday in May. Source: The Road to the Kentucky DerbyIt's that time of... read more CALIFORNIA CHROME, A HORSE OF A UNITING COLORfrom 2014 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Here's hoping he wins! The race is tomorrow, Saturday, late afternoon Eastern time, usually on NBC. 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... read more HOLLYWOOD PARK, WHAT A RUN IT HADfrom 2013 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
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. It was back in the 80's, and it was not during a race mee... read more MUCHO MACHO MAN GROOVES TO HIS SONGfrom 2013 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
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, anyway!UPDATE:2013 Breeders' Cup Classic -- Mucho Macho Man -- 3:15... read more TRAVERS STAKES (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
Several big name horses in it this year:Verrazano, Haskell winnerPalace Malice, Belmont and Jim Dandy winnerOrb, Kentucky Derby winnerAnd here's a listing of ALL the races at Saratoga. The Travers is Race 12.... read more ROAD TO THE TRIPLE CROWN (2013)from 2013 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing / triple-crown )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 ZENYATTA LOSTfrom 2010 in ( culture / sports / horse-racing )
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 more strides, but it was too late. It figures the horse who beat her is named Blame.... read more THE BREEDERS CUP AT GULFSTREAM PARKfrom 1999 in ( life / travel / usa / horse-racing )I flew from Nashville to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the Breeders Cup horse races at Gulfstream Park (actually Hallandale). It was fun just being there. Southwest had given me a free round-trip ticket for some reason (I don't remember why), and I was taking advantage of it. I'd never been to south Florida before. How'd I do on the races... read more A DAY AT THE RACESfrom 1998 in ( culture / writing / stories / horse-racing )from 1994 The first Saturday in May. What does this date mean to you? Probably nothing, except that Spring has arrived, unless you live in California where it's been Spring for two months at least -- real Spring, not calendar Spring. Ask any horse racing buff, though, and they'll tell you the first Saturday in May is the day of the Kentuc... read more |
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