Point Given

What kind of running style has been best in the Preakness? It's not as different from the Kentucky Derby as you may think.Read More

The new points system has had enough debate. Let’s take a more radical look at the Kentucky Derby and think about what would change if the maximum field were 14. Read More

Point Given, the 2001 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male, will stand in 2013 at Brad Kelley's recently acquired Calumet Farm near Lexington. Kelley is the majority owner of Point Given, who stood for $20,000 in 2012 but will stand this year for a private fee. Point Given, by Thunder Gulc...Read More

Earlier this week, I ventured to Lexington, Kentucky with Candice Curtis and Stacy Edwards to visit with some of our favorite equine stars. First stop was Lane’s End Farm. We spent some quality time with the likes of After Market, Candy Ride, City Zip, Curlin, Discreetly Mine, English Channel, The F...Read More

Horse Racing Nation congratulates the 2012 Tim Reynolds Memorial Fan of the Year ... Ryan Brady!Read More

Bob Baffert may be just a few days away from his seventh victory in the grade 1 race ... who were the best of his first six?Read More

Let’s start Travers Week with a Preview and a question. Which horse won the only running of the Travers that featured the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont winners?Read More

In what ways will the 2012 three year-olds become part of the history of the Haskell? Let’s measure your Haskell IQ by answering these ten trivia questions.Read More

No more seconds for Team Zayat, as Paynter takes the million dollar Haskell Invitational in impressive style.Read More

Bodemeister will be in the Haskell field on July 29. Will he meet Union Rags and Gemologist at Monmouth Park or will they all run in Saratoga? Read More

Which horse has the best pedigree to handle twelve furlongs in the final leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday, June 9 at Belmont Park? My Belmont Stakes alphabetical list continues with Unstoppable U. Read More

As usual, trainer Bob Baffert attracted a crowd everywhere he went on the backstretch Thursday morning, two days before Zayat Stables’ colt Paynter runs in the 144th Belmont Stakes.Read More

A look at the fastest winning times in the Belmont Stakes Read More

Bottom line is, Derby Day just wasn’t their day. For a not-insignificant number of Preakness winners, the disappointment of their efforts two weeks beforehand in the Kentucky Derby sometimes has been difficult to rationalize. Some, such as Snow Chief (1986), Point Given (2001), and Lookin At Lucky (...Read More

Dear Bob Baffert, Have you heard the story about the trainer and his losing favorite in the Kentucky Derby? No, we're not talking about 2001 and your colt, Point Given. Rather, this was a speedster that dominated his final Kentucky Derby prep race three weeks before the big event. He had shown incom...Read More

Over the past few years one of the biggest angles a horseplayer uses in order to figure what horse could become a potential Derby horse, or even a top three-year-old, is to discount any obvious two year old stars. Is this angle legit or is it a myth? Read More