Charles Whittingham

Largely unwanted first as a potential runner and then as a potential stallion, Sunday Silence became a superstar in every sense of the word. Closing ...

In less than three weeks, the most highly anticipated Breeders' Cup Classic in a very long time will take place. Some will say the 2010 edition was bi...

On April 7, 1997, the life of Exceller was extinguished.Never mind that Exceller was a fantastic racehorse on both sides of the Atlantic, and a true r...

The 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic will be the grand finale of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships which take place Nov. 4-5. Back at Santa Anita Park a...

There are often matchups in sports where it is difficult to think of one competitor and not the other. Army and Navy on the gridiron, Duke and North ...

 Twenty-five years ago, I sat at Suffolk Downs’ mostly vacant grandstand passing the time through a series of claiming and allowance races awaiti...

At the grand old age of 86, Mel Stute still has a goodly number of lucid brain cells, especially when it comes to his favorite subject, 1986 Eclipse A...

 The Kentucky Derby is the race that all trainers want to win and very few, only one a year, ever succeed. Thus, it raises the question: Who is t...

Charlie Whittingham, legendary Hall of Fame trainer of champions such as Ack Ack, Cougar II, Turkish Trousers, Ferdinand and Sunday Silence, would hav...

Two-year-old Ribot won his first race, the Premio Tramuschio. He concluded his career in 1956, with 16 wins in as many starts. ~1954 Elusive Qual...