May 13/08
133rd Preakness Stakes: Pre-race coverage
The glitz and glitter of Derby Day have all but gone away, no more bluegrass or derby hats, the roses have wilted away. It’s Baltimore in Maryland that carries...
I have no shame, and horseracing’s my game. Like an old pair of tennis shoes , dirty, ratty and falling apart. She’s been with me for so long, yet I cant let her go. The shoes or the game.
I hate to...
Pre-race May02/08
The term instant classic has become a favourite quip amongst sports casters and fans alike and no other North American sporting event has been able to achieve the annual success of being branned an...
Day 2Oh how the times have changed:One day later and it seems my whole perspective has change, maybe I don’t have it in me to document my dissent. Its quite easy for an individual like my self to loose money,...
Exhibit patience, Control your emotions, Exhibit patience, Control your emotions. I found my shelf repeating these two confirming statements over and over as I made my way to the front gate at Woodbine Racetrack. It...
"Athens, GA (Jan 4, 2008) - NBC Sports as been awarded the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for their coverage of the 2007 Kentucky Derby. This is the 7th consecutive year they have won the award. This is the headline you may be reading in the newspapers yesterday and today. But if...
"AP - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is making progress from surgery on his broken leg, even showing an interest in mares, but the colt still faces a long and perilous road to recovery, his surgeon said Monday."
LOUISVILLE, United States (AFP) - Giacomo, a 50-1 longshot, won the 131st Kentucky Derby, stunning favorite Bellamy Road and the rest of the 20-horse field in the first jewel in US flat racing's triple...
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