The 2019 Best of Hanson Anthology
‘Tis the season to be with family and friends, and/or if you’re so inclined, with reading material while sitting by a warm fire with a mug of hot chocolate. Continuing a tradition started in 2015, […]
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All-Decade Eclipse Awards: The Best of the 2010s
Not only are we in the waning days of the current year, but also of a decade that saw tremendous highs and lows in racing. As always, what happened on the track offered a semblance […]
Travers Stakes Winners List, Brisnet Ratings, & More
Here are the winners of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course since 1996 with related Brisnet.com proprietary data for each year. Arrogate sticks out, of course, as his 2016 victory was not only the […]
Newborn Songbird filly a rarity as a product of same season three-year-old champions
The birth of a filly to twice-beaten multiple champion Songbird shortly after midnight was arguably the biggest social media story in the racing world on a relatively quiet Monday this week. Not only is the […]
Pegasus World Cup, third edition: Another Breeders’ Cup redux or pointer toward the future?
In its first two runnings, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) has served as a Breeders’ Cup repeat, more of a crowning flourish on the preceding season than a launching pad to the next. The […]
City of Light could shine brightest in Pegasus World Cup
The Pegasus World Cup resulted in stylish victories for favorites Arrogate and Gun Runner the past two years. Accelerate will be the public choice to follow in their steps on January 26, but on paper […]
An interview with Triple Crown-winning trainer Bob Baffert
by Scott Shapiro Comparing great horses to each other is something that racing fans have always loved to do. Who was better, Secretariat or Spectacular Bid? Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta? These are the some of […]
Vote for People’s Choice Award: Finalists include Arrogate, Lady Eli, Soumillon, O’Brien
Fans have voted for Ben’s Cat as the posthumous winner of the 2017 Secretariat Vox Populi Award, and for San Luis Rey’s tragic Lilac Fire as the NTRA Moment of the Year, but who will […]
Where Gun Runner rates among the best of the last 25 years no easy task
Rightly or wrongly, the gift of longevity and saving your best for last can color perceptions. The thought springs to mind in the wake of Gun Runner‘s glorious swan song in last weekend’s Pegasus World […]
Arrogate tops World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for second time
Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate was awarded the 2017 Longines World’s Best Racehorse title for the second year in a row at an awards ceremony in London on Tuesday. Determined by a panel of international handicappers, the […]