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Seventeen Words That Mean Something Different to Kentucky Derby Fans

Horse racing is a sport full of jargon: for hardcore fans of the game, the sentence, “He worked a bullet over three panels in 35 and change” makes absolute and perfect sense. (The translation is: this horse was the fastest workout of the morning going three-eighths of a mile, traveling the distance in just over 35 seconds.)

Oscar-Worthy Achievements in Horse Movies

The 98th Academy Awards arrives Sunday, March 15 beginning at 7 p.m. ET, and horse racing aficionados can revel in the implicit recognition the sport of kings annually receives when journalists and film buffs adopt racing’s handicapping lingo to forecast the night’s winners.

Inside the MORNINGLINE.IO Model and the New Way to Own a Racehorse

Four years ago, Joel Funk walked into his first yearling sale at Keeneland and saw nearly $400 million change hands in less than two weeks. Billionaires, celebrities, and global power brokers gathered in Lexington, Ky., bidding on bloodstock. When others were talking recession, Funk was talking opportunity.

“I was just blown away,” Funk said. “You want to get the wealthiest people in the world in a room, have a horse sale.”

The Jockey and Her Horse, Sarah Maslin Nir and Raymond White, Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey, Katherine C. Mooney, Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop Had a Way with Horses, Vicky Moon, Black History Month

Sharing Their Stories: Ten Books That Honor Great African Americans in Horse Racing

The sport of horse racing might have started with the simple question of whose horse is fastest, but centuries of such challenges have morphed that humble query into a full-fledged industry, replete with stories of great horses and the humans behind them. Racing reflects the world it inhabits, a mirror for the societal and economic conflicts playing out in the background.

Better Than Honour, A.P. Indy, Rags to Riches, Kentucky Oaks, Belmont Stakes, BloodHorse,America's Best Racing, ABR, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown

L’Amour Toujours Chevaux: Five Romantic Thoroughbred Couples for Valentine’s Day

In horse racing, the practice of matching a stallion with a broodmare to create a potentially world-class Thoroughbred is a world unto its own. Many people spend a lot of money, time, and mental focus on finding just the right male-female combination that can hit the genetic lottery and result in a Triple Crown or Breeders’ Cup winner. When it does happen, the pairings become part of horse racing history – so to celebrate Valentine’s Day, here are five notable Thoroughbred “couples” from the past 20 years or so whose offspring have made mom and dad proud.

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