We are currently in the middle of two of my most favorite weeks of the year, book-ended by two of the greatest annual US equestrian events: the Rolex Kentucky Three Day and the Kentucky Derby. And besides the horse people, they are tied together by one significant common denominator: Thoroughbreds! With Thoroughbreds the only breed [...]

Shining horses, fancy hats, mint juleps, and red roses are just a few of the images that come to mind with the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby just around the corner. The Kentucky Derby is not only one of the most prominent sporting events known in America, but also throughout the world. And this [...]

I love the way the internet and social networks are making equestrian events accessible to people across the globe, connecting horse people, and spreading awareness of all kinds of disciplines.I watched every minute of the 2008 Olympic dressage, jumping, and eventing through live online streaming. I watched Rolex Kentucky 3-day online while blogging it and [...]

The 2009 Triple Crown of thoroughbred racing may just be the most memorable since Affirmed beat out rival Alydar to take the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes 31 years ago. Since, no horse has won all three of these coveted races. Big Brown came close last year, the ninth horse in three decades [...]

It seems like just yesterday we were all a-buzz about Big Brown, who had the potential to be the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. But his impressive performances in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes did little to overshadow an incredibly poor and disappointing run in the Belmont. He became another in a [...]

It’s 17 days until the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby and the internet is afflutter with discussion on which horses will be in the field, who the favorite will be, and who is going home with the roses. There are videos galore, contradictory predictions, and Twittering horses and jockeys. It’s a whole new world [...]

Thoroughbred racing is an incredibly high-risk sport. A crowd of young, energetic, flighty, half-ton animals careen around an oval at speeds sometimes in excess of 40 miles an hour with lightweight humans perched precariously on their backs. The impact contained each time a hoof hits the ground at that speed carrying that much weight is [...]