Riding the wave of Thoroughbred horse racing
Breeders’ Cup Photo © The results are in! After polling a wide range of horse racing enthusiasts, including writers, handicappers, and fans, the results of The Turf Board’s poll to determine the Top 10 U.S.-based Racehorses from 2000-2015 have been compiled! I would … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © Since 2000, we’ve had the good fortune to watch a remarkable number of talented racehorses compete at tracks across the United States, including American Pharoah, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Rachel Alexandra, Wise Dan, and Zenyatta. They were all great in their … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © The last race of Wise Dan’s career came in the 2014 Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. I), which marked his fourth appearance in the race. After finishing fourth in 2011 and first in 2012, Wise Dan finished second in … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand In the penultimate start of his legendary career, Wise Dan made a remarkable comeback to win the 2014 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. II) at Saratoga just months after undergoing emergency colic surgery. Some wondered if … Continued
No one who saw it will ever forget it. Coming into the 2012 Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. I) at Keeneland, Wise Dan was already a proven winner of multiple grade I races, but it was his performance at Keeneland that stamped him as … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © Not many horses have ever won multiple Breeders’ Cup races, but Wise Dan joined that elite company with an impressive win in the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Mile. Despite stumbling at the start, settling farther off the pace than … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © 1:31.75? How could a horse possibly run so fast while running so easily? It seems impossible to imagine, but Wise Dan did just that in the 2013 Woodbine Mile (gr. I), cruising to victory under a hand … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © Relive the race that made Wise Dan a superstar! In 2012, after winning the Woodbine Mile (gr. I) and Shadwell Turf Mile (gr. I), Wise Dan entered the Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. I) at Santa Anita and turned … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo In celebration of Wise Dan’s remarkable career, I will be posting the replays of some of his best races during the next week. We’ll start off with the 2013 Firecracker Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs, in which Wise … Continued
Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand The words don’t come easy. What do you say about a horse that did virtually everything there is to do, and did it time and time again? Yesterday, it was announced that the eight-year-old gelding Wise … Continued