Belmont Stakes Pits Familiar Rivals: Which One Will Dominate?
June 3, 2026
The two top finishers in the Kentucky Derby—Golden Tempo and Renegade—return for Saturday’s 158th Belmont
The two top finishers in the Kentucky Derby—Golden Tempo and Renegade—return for Saturday’s 158th Belmont
The 151st Preakness Stakes is Saturday from Laurel Park in Maryland and for the second
The 152nd Kentucky Derby returns to Churchill Downs this Saturday. While Renegade enters as the
Building your Kentucky Derby tickets starts with throwing out the horses who lack the tactical
The Kentucky Derby is less than three weeks away, which means it’s a good time
The Bluegrass Stakes, Wood Memorial, and Santa Anita Derby are the final three major Kentucky
Two of the deepest Kentucky Derby preps—the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and the Arkansas
The Derby Trail gets serious this week as the action moves to the Fair Grounds
This week’s stop on the Kentucky Derby trail is not a familiar one to most
Santa Anita Park is the epicenter of racing this Saturday, and one reason is the
The first major race of the 2026 Thoroughbred racing season begins at Gulfstream Park in
The horse racing community gathers annually at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Held this year
On July 29, 1996, legendary manager Tommy Lasorda announced his retirement from the Los Angeles Dodgers following a heart attack. 💔⚾ His departure marked the end of an incredible era: Lasorda won 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series titles after taking over Between Alston (hired in Brooklyn in 1953) and Lasorda, the Dodgers had only two managers over a span of nearly 43 years! Bill Russell stepped in to replace him. Talk about franchise stability.
On July 29, 1994, horse racing history witnessed one of the most unbelievable coincidences ever caught on a photo-finish camera. Two completely evenly matched thoroughbreds—Honest Onyx and Exclusive Gold—went head-to-head for a grueling seven furlongs at Assiniboia Downs. When they hit the wire, officials reviewed the finish-line camera and literally could not separate them. The result? A rare, official dead-heat for the Win! But the story gets crazier. Just two weeks later, the exact same two horses raced the exact same distance at the same track—and dead-heated again, this time tying for second place. Talk about defying the odds! official dead heat
