The Preakness Stakes is not until May 21st, but there is no way Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is going to win. I am still shocked he won the Derby.
Saturday was a perfect example of how the Kentucky Derby can be so much fun and frustrating, all at the same time. In a 20 horse field anything is possible.
Saturday's Kentucky Derby will be interesting to watch for people in the Capital Region. Not only is it the biggest horserace of the season, but there are a couple of local ties to the "Run For The Roses". One is a horse and the other is a trainer.
Trainer Chad Brown could not have asked for a better post position for the Kentucky Derby. Zandon will start from gate 10, which is right in the middle.
The horse-racing community, which runs so deeply in Saratoga, lost one of its premiere thoroughbred racehorses earlier today. Medina Spirit has passed away.
It's the Running of the Roses. The most coveted horse race in America and Mechanicville native, Chad Brown has a horse in the race. He is one of the most successful horse trainers in the game and happens to be from my hometown. It's a given that we will all be rooting for him on Saturday in the Kentucky Derby.
I was so annoyed over the weekend watching the Kentucky Derby. It had nothing to do with the large field of twenty horses, the jockeys or how much attention was being paid to the event. It had to do with the playing of the National Anthem.
Meet "Patch". The One-Eyed Wonderhorse who happens to be running in one of the most prestigious horse races in the world; the Kentucky Derby!
This morning on the show, Sean, Richie and I talked about amazing race horse names in honor of this weekend's upcoming Kentucky Derby.
Some of my favorite include "Fat and Slow," "Heading to the Glue Factory," "Double Bypass," and "Baldylocks...