May 2013

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 5:16 PM It was “a no brainer” to retire as a New Orleans Police detective to become a full-time horse trainer, Bernie Flint was saying Thursday at Churchill Downs. […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 5:13 PM Magdalena Racing’s Pure Fun could not have been more relaxed on the eve of the Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks. The Hollywood Starlet winner was sound asleep […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 5:13 PM Magdalena Racing’s Pure Fun could not have been more relaxed on the eve of the Grade 1, $1 million Kentucky Oaks. The Hollywood Starlet winner was sound asleep […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 5:43 PM Strong (left) and Wilfork, seen here with Goldencents, also visited Mandella’s barn on Thursday (Cecilia Gustavsson/Horsephotos.com) […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 7:06 PM Verrazano aims to become the first Derby winner who didn’t race at two since Apollo in 1882 (Jessie […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 2:53 PM In conjunction with the Big Apple Triple, three lucky race fans will win trips to either the $125,000 Mike Lee on June 1 at Belmont Park, […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 2:36 PM TALES FROM THE CRIB MAY 3, 2013 by Kellie Reilly We know the contenders for the 139th Kentucky Derby through their lives on […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 1:07 PM Gallopalooza Ferdinand is coming to Old Friends. The owners of the fiberglass sculpture that was a key attraction at the 2004 Gallopalooza art exhibit in […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 7:27 PM Dawn Approach will face 12 rivals in Saturday’s Group 1 Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket, with his stable companion Leitir Mor among them. Jim Bolger has […]

5/3/13 Last updated: 5/2/13 5:53 PM Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, who will ride undefeated Verrazano in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, returned to competition Thursday afternoon at Belmont Park, finishing seventh […]