The owners have said little publicly about the horse some thought might be the odds-on favourite for last month's Kentucky Derby. While most of America rooted for the likes of Seabiscuit and Smarty Jones - the misfits and blue-collar horses that overcame adversity or long odds - this was a thoroughbred that made the aristocrats swoon. He was a two-year-old in training, on schedule to run in the 2007 Kentucky Derby and for sale to the highest bidder. During a morning gallop at Churchill...

For die-hard fans, fantasy baseball and football have become appetizers for the real thing, so why not a form of fantasy horse racing? The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn t begin its 36-day summer season for another month but horse racing enthusiasts are already salivating over the possibilities when the 138th Travers Stakes, oldest stakes race in the U. The Saratoga Race Course, the Constitution Hall of American thoroughbred racing, doesn...

The sophomore took fourth in the goat-tying final after a time of 6.8 seconds, and also tallied an eighth-place overall finish in barrel racing. National American University had four participants make the finals, however, the team did not finish as well as theyd hoped to. Jessica Painter, last years breakaway champion, suffered a no time in the finals when her calf broke from the ropes. We had a lot of success here at the finals, but sometimes we have to take the bad with the good. SDSUs...

We learn that Sweat loved Secretariat like his own child, that he was a soft touch for a loan, that he drank too much and that he ignored his own family in favor of his work. Scanlan is, however, an enthusiastic writer with an almost childlike fascination for horses. Though it has been written many times before, Scanlan is wise enough to include particulars of Secretariat's performances on the racetrack, especially in 1973. The book reads like a series of detailed letters, or extended...

Email Story Print Story News Younger sister wins top barrel racing title By Connie Street of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa- A 9-year-old girl from rural Blue Grass became the top junior division barrel racer earlier this month at the 2007 Josey Junior World Championship in Marshall, Texas. Email Story Print Story News Younger sister wins top barrel racing title By Connie Street of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa- A 9-year-old girl from rural Blue Grass became the top junior...

Not the far-from-the-truth-named winner of the Belmont Stakes with a blue-blooded, seven-figure pedigree and multi-million dollar connections. He beat three or four nice horses. You agree not to post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy. This column is about rags to riches. And in this business, there's always more agony than happy endings. Truth of the matter, whatever anyone would pay. Greenwell's 'Groovy' real rags-to-riches...

It takes "bravery and timing" to be a steer wrestler, said Steger, who earned a rodeo scholarship to a South Dakota college where he plans to study equine management. Advertisement Buy a link here A gate opened with a clank and Steger's opponent was off - running for daylight, breaking slightly to the left with Steger close behind. Among the field of 145 high school students at the Wisconsin High School State Rodeo Finals on Sunday, however, there were plenty of athletes lining up to go 40...

With both of us coming back that high - and hopefully getting points in the short go - will be huge for a team title," Nelson said as she cooled down her horse. Both are saying the right thing: They are glad that the team is on the verge of a national championship, but they both want the same thing - an individual title. Steffes also qualified for the barrel racing short go round. Cowgirl teammates, Nikki Steffes and Kayla Nelson, sitting number one and three, respectively, in the goat...