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Santa Anita Racetrack with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background is considered by many to be the most beautiful racetrack... Read Article >
The spectacular horse Galileo sired our December 21, 2018 Trivia horse in 2014. The February foal in Ireland undoubtedly had some... Read Article >
The Horse of the Year honors is a coveted award. Over the documented years of Thoroughbred racing there have been numerous... Read Article >
The Los Alamitos Futurity was first run in 2014 after the closing of Hollywood Park when it was called the Hollywood Futurity. In the... Read Article >
Cigar had an illustrious career that began in 1993. He never raced as a 2-year-old. After breaking his maiden on the dirt, he... Read Article >
The Clark Handicap (GI) is a race for 3-year-olds and up. It is run today at Churchill Downs. It was first run in 1875. In its 132... Read Article >
The Hollywood crowd including Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were great horse racing fans. Bing Crosby along with some his show biz friends... Read Article >
The 1993 Breeders Cup Classic was billed as a showcase for the great Bertrando. But, it wasnt to be. The French trained,... Read Article >
The Breeders Cup was inaugurated in 1984 with its first running at Hollywood Park in California. In the 33 years that followed the... Read Article >
The Fayette Stakes (GII) which is run at Keeneland this weekend is a race for horses that are not running in the Breeders Cup next... Read Article >
Three horses since the inception of the Empire Classic have won the race twice. The last one to do it was Haynesfield (2009 and... Read Article >
Pattison Canadian International is one of the major turf races run each year at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada. It was... Read Article >
The Shadwell Turf Mile (GI) is run opening weekend at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, KY. It has been run for 52 years with its... Read Article >
Zenyatta was the first female horse to win the grade one Breeders Cup Classic. She did it in 2009. The following year she tried to... Read Article >
Three years before her career abruptly ended, Andrea Seefeldt won the Pennsylvania Derby. She converted from Show Horse riding to... Read Article >
The year Woodbine Race Course celebrates its 63rd year of racing. It was opened in 1956. We all know Woodbine Race Course as... Read Article >
Kentucky Downs Race Track is unique in many ways which also makes it very fan friendly. It proclaims to be one of the shortest... Read Article >
The Woodward Stakes over its 65-year history has been run at multiple distances ranging from one mile in 1954, the year of its... Read Article >
Flowers have been associated with the races run for 3-year-olds each year. The Kentucky Derby is Famous for presenting the winner... Read Article >
The 2015 Pacific Classic (GI) was a race for the decade. It was poised to be the first time when a mare would beat the boys in this... Read Article >
The Beverly D Stakes race at Arlington this weekend is a real test for high level fillies and mares. No horse has won the race more... Read Article >
The West Virginia Derby will be run this Saturday. The Race was inaugurated in 1923. In two of the years since it was run in two... Read Article >
The Haskell Invitational Stakes will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Over this half century many of its winners are... Read Article >
Only four horses have won ALL three graded stakes races for 2-year-olds at Saratoga. The races are the Sanford Stakes, the Saratoga... Read Article >
The Indiana Derby is a race for 3-year-olds run at the Indiana Grand. It began its run at that track in 2013 with a purse, presumably... Read Article >
The Star and Stripes Racing Festival at Belmont Park features the Belmont Derby Invitational (GI). It was first run in 2014 as part... Read Article >
The United Nations Stakes race from Monmouth Park is a premier turf race to start the summer racing season off. This year the race... Read Article >
Although often overlooked by racing fans, the Ohio Derby has been known to display some real stars of our sport. Broad Brush (1986)... Read Article >
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy officially launched sports betting in New Jersey on Thursday, June 14, 2018, morning at Monmouth Park... Read Article >
Social media is abuzz with the abhorrent reaction to the Jim Gaffigan piece on Sunday Morning Show (CBS) last weekend. As many have... Read Article >
Following Affirmed conquest of the Triple Crown there were multiple times (14) that horses came to the Belmont Stakes with a chance... Read Article >
Beholder was a tremendous racehorse of either gender. She proved herself over and over again. Never as impressive as her attempts at... Read Article >
In current years, trainer, Bob Baffert, is associated with the Triple Crown winning all three races, Kentucky Derby, Preakness... Read Article >
The Preakness Stakes (GI) is the second leg of the Triple Crown series which was first run in 1879. Since its first running twelve... Read Article >
The Man O War Stakes is named after the great Man O War. During his career he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 (equal to over $3... Read Article >
Twenty horses is the maximum field for the Kentucky Derby. That cap has been in place for several years. What is amazing is that it... Read Article >
The horse, Gronkowski, earned his likely start in the 2018 Kentucky Derby by winning the Burradon Stakes at Newcastle in which he... Read Article >
The Charles Town Classic (GII) is run at 1 1/8 miles (9 Furlongs) over the unusually configured, six-furlong Charles Town racing... Read Article >
For the last three years the Arkansas Derby (GI) has been prominent in the discussion of the Triple Crown. Last year, Breeders Cup... Read Article >
(By Michael Amo, Chairman of ThoroFan taken from ThoroFan Newsletter (4/6/18))In previous issues of the ThoroFan Newsletter, we have... Read Article >
The Ashland Stakes (GI) run at Keeneland Race Course this weekend has served different surface, distance and age masters. Inaugurated... Read Article >
For the last decade racing has been complaining about all its problems. Make no mistake they are real. Aging fan base, lack of... Read Article >
Calumet Farms began its five wins of the Florida Derby with a win in the 1957 race with a win by Gen. Duke. The horse was ridden by... Read Article >
Doc for ThoroFan explains for us the Name Behind the Race: The Risen Star Stakes (GII). Look at the Video. Read Article >