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Friday, May 04, 2012
The time has finally arrived. We’re just one day away from the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, and it seemed appropriate to write the final Road to the Kentucky Derby – 10 to Watch article while sitting at Churchill Downs just a few hours away from post time for the Kentucky Oaks and on the eve of the Derby.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
In an impressive performance, Dullahan used an explosive burst of speed down the stretch to roll past favorite Hansen late...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Reigning two-year-old champion Hansen faces 12-challengers in a major test this Saturday at Keeneland in the 88th running of the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
We’re now just four weeks away from this year’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 5, 2012 and a lot has changed since the last edition of “Road to the Derby: 10 to Watch," thanks to a number of Derby prep races now in the books. So, who’s moved up and who’s moved down? Read on to find out.
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
It's spring time in Central Kentucky. The sun is shining. Temperatures have finally gotten back to normal – mid 60s to low 70s daily – and life is good. But, tomorrow things get even better as Keeneland begins its 15-day Spring Meet. Here's a preview of the Spring Meet.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
We’re only eight weeks away from this year’s Kentucky Derby ... Here's week 2 of Rick's "10 to Watch" on the Road to the Derby.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Fortunate Prospect, the oldest thoroughbred retiree at Old Friends, a thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., was euthanized at the farm on Thursday, March 15, 2012, due to complications of old age. He was a young 31.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Kentucky's Rick Capone takes a stab at making sense of this year's Road to the Derby...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Once again, the Kentucky State Senate, under the leadership of Sen. President David Williams, found a way to deny the citizens of Kentucky a chance to vote for an expanded gambling bill that would help the states' horse racing industry.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
Riva Ridge was the horse that got me interested in horse racing. To this day, he is still my all-time favorite. This is the story of my love affair with the “other” big, beautiful stallion from Meadow Stable.
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Meet Rick Capone
Rick Capone has been a horse racing fan since the Saturday afternoon when he saw Riva Ridge, his all-time favorite horse, win the Kentucky Derby on television.
Today, he is the sports editor for The Woodford Sun, a weekly newspaper in Versailles, Ky., a town just outside of Lexington and only 15 minutes away from Keeneland.
In addition to his duties at the Sun, Rick is a volunteer at Old Friends, the thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown that is owned by Michael Blowen. He even is part owner of one of the retirees there, Miss Hooligan, the grand daughter of 1988 Eclipse Award – Champion Turf Horse, Sunshine Forever, who is also on the farm.
Rick grew up in Havertown, Pa., just outside of West Philadelphia. At 20, he moved to South Florida with his family and lived a stones throw from Gulfstream. After some stops in North Carolina, Georgia and California, he currently lives in Georgetown, Ky., where he gets to drive by some of the greatest horse farms in the world on his way to work every morning.
(Photo: Miss Hooligan and Rick at Old Friends this past December. (Photo by Steve Blake)