News that both second-place finisher Zenyatta (18 votes) and seventh-ranked Rachel Alexandra (10 votes) garnered support for The Associated Press’s 2009 Female Athlete of the Year—ultimately won in a landslide by tennis pro Serena Williams (66 of...

I’m back from a short hiatus, instigated partially by the normal post-Breeders’ Cup/year’s end lull, but mostly by the end-of-semester crush of papers, exams and students begging for higher grades—a phenomenon, along with late withdraws and...

Tremendous juvenile racing this long holiday weekend at Aqueduct, Churchill and Hollywood—although I’m not sure we saw the second-coming of Rachel Alexandra. Still, good stuff! Dana over at Green but Game has a great recap of some promising...

As a life-long night-owl, I’ve always appreciated being more cognizant of breaking news in the middle of the night, whilst normal people slept. Still, prowling around the ‘net early Sunday morning, even I was impressed by the number of breaking...

On November 23, 1918, the legendary Exterminator wrapped up his Kentucky Derby-winning 3-year-old campaign, prevailing by a nose over Clark Handicap victor Beaverkill in the 2-1/4 mile Latonia Cup. Five days later, he won the 1-1/16 mile Thanksgiving...