Kauai King

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

Ever since I was a very young racing fan, I have always looked forward to The Fountain of Youth Stakes. Perhaps as a youngster it was the catchy name that caught me eye, but as the first serious Kentucky Derby prep for the Eastern three-year-olds, no doubt it has been the stature of the race has kep...Read More

May 16, 1966 Until 4:32, Louisville time, last Saturday afternoon, the 92nd Kentucky Derby seemed likely to survive in the records as "the consolation Derby." Horsemen from everywhere, who converge on Churchill Downs more out of habit than anything else, complained all week that the 15 starters repr...Read More