There is an old expression in horse racing that there is no such thing as a sure thing. That certainly did not apply to Secretariat…
The Kentucky Derby is the longest running annual horse race in the United States. Held in Louisville, Kentucky, each year on the first Saturday in…
American Pharoah is the only horse in the history of American thoroughbred racing to win the Grand Slam. Foaled at Tom VanMeter’s Stockplace Farm in…
Alydar is the best horse in the history of thoroughbred racing never to have won a championship. Alydar was born at Calumet Farm—producer of eleven…
For 29 years, William Lee Shoemaker held the world record for total professional jockey victories. Born in Fabens, Texas—a border town near El Paso—August 19,…
Kent Jason Desormeaux won more races in the 1989 season than any jockey in history. Born in Maurice, Louisiana—a town with 476 residents about 150…
George Edward Arcaro is the greatest jockey in the history of American thoroughbred horse racing. Born on February 19, 1916 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arcaro weighed…
Happy 74th birthday to the man who rode the greatest racehorse of all time to a Triple Crown. Ronald Joseph Morel Turcotte was born in Drummand,…