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If You Ban It, They Won't Come
"It" being "unlimited beer." This, and six other cogent reasons why this year's Preakness might be Baltimore's last....
Requiem For The Pimlico Beer Gauntlet
The 134th Preakness Stakes will take place on Saturday afternoon, but a tradition even older than that has sadly seen its last running—Pimlico Race Course has ended its BYOB infield policy....
Old Boy Network To Let Broad Run In Preakness
Calvin Borel will dump his 50-1 miracle horse to ride Rachel Alexandra—a chick!—in the Preakness, the first Kentucky Derby-winning jockey to switch rides between the two Triple Crown races. [AP]...
Filly To Steal Derby Winning Jockey
For the first time in Triple Crown history, the jockey who won the Kentucky Derby may be riding a different horse in the Preakness....
The Time Is Right For America's Baddest Horse Trainer
Ok, this has been bugging me since Saturday, so I have to ask—was trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. carrying a gun at the Kentucky Derby? (Probably not—but wouldn't it have been great if he had been?)...
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent And Depraved
Everyone knows the real fun of the Kentucky Derby happens in the stands and infield, not on the track. See the shenanigans you missed out on after the jump....
Mine That Bird Wins the Derby, Pays 50-1
Calvin Borel has done it again. The Cajun jockey who rode Street Sense to a surprising victory two years ago has won again, this time in stunning fashion aboard long shot Mine That Bird....
In A New Twist, Juicing Won't Be Allowed At the Derby
This year Kentucky Derby horses will be subject to post-race drug testing in an effort to help regulate the sport. Now they'll never come in under two minutes. [Steroid Nation, TSB]...
I Want My Money Back
Kentucky Derby favorite I Want Revenge was scratched from this afternoon's race as a precautionary measure. There is concern over an injury that could be exacerbated by making the horse run in the rain. [AP]...
Horse Killed In Collision At Churchill Downs
A 2-year-old filly died at Churchill Downs Monday after another horse collided with her during a training session. The collision was caught on video, but it's not for the squeamish....
Radio Jockeys Make Horrible Jockeys
Two sports talk hosts racing each other on real thoroughbred horses seemed like a brilliant radio stunt, until one of them ended up in the ICU with bleeding on the brain. Oops. [Sun-Times]...
Horse Racing Has A Danica Patrick? (NSFW)
Yes, this story is fairly old, but this is the first I've seen of Maylan Studart, whom they're calling the Danica Patrick of horse racing. It's about time we had female jockeys....
Actually, Port-A-Jumping Is A Rich Horse Racing Tradition
So another reader has checked in and claims that the art of port-a-john jumping was actually perfected at the Kentucky Derby in 2007, as these photos demonstrate....
Meet The Preakness Jump Failure Guy
His name is Frank Casatelli, but you know him better as the drunk guy who tried to jump from the top of one port-a-john to another at the infield at Pimlico Racetrack last year....
"Jockeys" Will Teach You Thing Or Two About ... Jockeys
Jockeys are short little people with high voices that everyone makes fun of because they ride ponies for a living, but let me tell you something, brother—these guys (and gals) are complete badasses....
A Cherished Preakness Tradition Is No More
The Maryland Jockey Club is ending the long-standing tradition of spectators bringing their own beer onto the infield at the Preakness Stakes. We like to think we had something to do with that....
World's Worst Jockey Almost Doesn't Win Again
Well, if the world's worst boxer can win one, I suppose the world's worst jockey might as well. Britain Anthony Knott has been a jockey for 28 years and had never won a race until Thursday, when he prevailed at Wincanton, in Somerset, England. But we almost had a much more hilarious and newsworthy r...
Blazing Saddles; A Day At The Breeders' Cup
I don't have many living idols, due to the fact that such folk have an unfortunate tendency to let you down. But I make an exception with this gentleman, who is a big reason that I accepted an invitation to attend the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita this past Saturday. Meeting the great Mel Brooks was ...
YOUR HORSE-BANGERS CUP RECAP: Muhannek starts off the day by getting a win in the Marathon, Europe's first win in the Breeders Cup; Desert Code takes the Turf Sprint despite some longshot 30-1 odds; Albertus Maximus fed his foes to the lions in the Dirt Mile; Fiily Goldikova takes the Mile crown awa...
Goodbye, Big Brown; You're In A Better Place Now ... Jersey
As we told you earlier, tragedy befell Aqueduct racetrack early this morning when Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown injured his right front hoof during a workout. He was immediately retired. And as you may have guessed, it didn't take long for horse fans to burst forth with their emotion...