The Dinner Party that Started a Classic
Dinner parties, hotels and strong historical female figures are just a few of the curious stories behind some of our graded stakes races.
Read moreDinner parties, hotels and strong historical female figures are just a few of the curious stories behind some of our graded stakes races.
Read moreIn June of 1908, undefeated Colin was the king of New York, bowed tendons and all.
Read moreSir Barton was the first to win the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1919, but he wasn’t called the Triple Crown winner until 1930.
Read moreTurf writers loved to write about the great race gelding Exterminator, and after the Philadelphia Handicap on April 21, 1923, they could chronicle his winning more stakes races than any other horse: 34 in all.
Read moreThirty-eight-year-old Merrick was more of a symbol of Thoroughbred greatness than an actual great Thoroughbred.
Read moreConversation heart inspired horse names, grown men spiffying up for a horse and a gift more delightful than jewelry.
Read moreCorn bouquets, eight hundred pounds of lump sugar, and other thoroughbred birthday celebrations.
Read moreDead hedgehogs, live hedgehogs and peanuts in the shell are just a few of the odd assortment of items that racetrackers have regarded to be good or bad luck over the years.
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