December 2011

12/24/11 Last updated: 12/23/11 2:48 PM A memorial service for Julian Logan “Buck” Wheat, the longtime director of Horsemen’s Relations and the unofficial “Mayor of the Backside” at Churchill Downs, will […]

12/24/11 Last updated: 12/23/11 2:07 PM Thursday’s card at Gulfstream Park featured wire-to-wire victories by a pair of graded stakes winners. Priscilla Vaccarezza’s Little Mike, a three-time Grade 3 hero on […]

12/24/11 Last updated: 12/23/11 2:49 PM A memorial service for Julian Logan “Buck” Wheat, the longtime director of Horsemen’s Relations and the unofficial “Mayor of the Backside” at Churchill Downs, will […]

12/24/11 Last updated: 12/23/11 2:12 PM Longtime paddock guard John Shear, who was seriously injured while protecting a young girl from a loose horse on March 12, was a Santa Anita press […]

12/24/11 Last updated: 12/23/11 2:12 PM Longtime paddock guard John Shear, who was seriously injured while protecting a young girl from a loose horse on March 12, was a Santa Anita press […]

12/23/11 Last updated: 12/22/11 2:20 PM HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS DECEMBER 23, 2011 by Dick Powell HANDSOME MIKE may have disappointed with his seventh-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade 1 CashCall […]

12/23/11 Last updated: 12/22/11 2:20 PM HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS DECEMBER 23, 2011 by Dick Powell HANDSOME MIKE may have disappointed with his seventh-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade 1 CashCall […]

12/23/11 Last updated: 12/22/11 2:20 PM HANDICAPPING INSIGHTS DECEMBER 23, 2011 by Dick Powell HANDSOME MIKE may have disappointed with his seventh-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade 1 CashCall […]

12/22/11 Last updated: 12/21/11 7:47 PM A Louisiana legend, 67-year-old African-American jockey Martin Brown, officially retired with a race named in his honor during last weekend’s Santa Super Saturday at Fair […]

12/22/11 Last updated: 12/21/11 5:33 PM Julian Logan “Buck” Wheat, Churchill Downs’ Director of Horsemen’s Relations long known as the “Mayor of the Backside” at the home of the Kentucky Derby, […]