Greek Money

It remains one of the most iconic images of the heat of battle in 20th century thoroughbred racing. The spectacular head-on view of the stretch duel between Ridan and Greek Money in the 1962 Preakness Stakes was captured almost by accident 50 years ago, on a scorching hot May afternoon by Joseph A. ...Read More

For today’s Monday Movie, filmmaker Jeff Krulik has mined the archives — the National Archives, that is. He’s found Preakness clips from the Universal Newsreel collection during the last decade those newsreels were produced. Among the famed winners in this nine-minute reel are the great Northern Dan...Read More

Jaipur’s place in history is secured alongside Ridan. The two brave colts are connected in immortality as closely as they were on the racetrack on August 18, 1962. To say the name of Jaipur without next saying “and Ridan,“ is unheard of. They were two wonderful colts who happened to run the race of ...Read More