The Keeneland Race Course spring meet kicked off on April 4 in Lexington, Ky. Locals racing fans and jockeys explain what makes Keeneland such a special horse racing venue.
Fans who came out to the Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park on March 22 also got the chance to enjoy the event's VIP tent. From a live band to food and bars, the VIP tent was a premiere location to be when watching the track's biggest day of racing. www.americasbestracing.net
In the final prep race of the Kentucky Derby trail's first phase of the Kentucky Derby Championship Season, trainer Bob Baffert held two powerful cards in Chitu and Midnight Hawk in the Sunland Derby. Baffert wasn't to be disappointed in his decision to ship the colts to New Mexico as Chitu beat his fellow trainee by 2 1/4 lengths, securing himself a spot in the Kentucky Derby.
Video courtesy of Sunland Park.
Jim Wilson, producer of the feature film "50 to 1" and a longtime horse racing fan, joins America's Best Racing's Joe Kristufek for the first edition of In the Spotlight. Wilson won an Academy Award in 1990 for Best Picture for "Dances With Wolves". The "50 to 1" cross-country tour begins March 17 and the film opens in select theaters on March 21.
