In an exclusive interview, Larry Jones shared his thoughts on Eight Belles, Big Brown, Rick Dutrow Jr., and a few other important topics....( read more )

The first Derby horse I have a clear picture of rooting for was Genuine Risk ; when she won, I figured this whole picking winners thing was pretty easy. The next horse I recall backing was Slew O'Gold , who finished 4th in 1983. I was back in form with Swale in 1984 (and was devastated when he died...

Until tomorrow afternoon's post position draw, the only Derby trail action is analyzing (and overanalyzing) the contenders' works and every possible bit of data available, no matter how tangential. To that end, I always look forward to playing with the C-J Derby Data Track (and was pleased to...

With most of the major preps out of the way, there's just time for the Coolmore Lexington and gossip. Tomcito is the horse I'm watching (and I hope he finds Polytrack as much to his liking as the deep Peruvian tracks); I liked his third-place finish in the Florida Derby (especially after a long...

The world's best three year old is...not Big Brown (gasp!) The latest World Thoroughbred Rankings have placed Australia's Weekend Hussler at the top of his age group; his 122 point ranking (tying for 8th in the world overall) equals that of Hard Spun and world-beaters like Ramonta and Viva Pataca...