By now, the news that Rags to Riches has been retired is common knowledge; while the official story is that she re-injured the leg she fractured last year, one does wonder whether (for which read 'if') that happened during or after a nice workout at Palm Beach Downs on March 19th. It's hardly...

While I was very excited to see Rags to Riches (right, in a great photo by Fran ) back on the worktab (and in a bullet, no less), I noted that Lava Man had re-appeared as well. I suspect that his best days are behind him, but if he's really up for another shot at the Hollywood Gold Cup, more power...

The big question from this past weekend is what to make of the Fountain of Youth results -- do they really tell us anything at this point? Nick Zito's Cool Coal Man won, but the timing of the race had to be adjusted after an outrider apparently tripped the teletimer , leading to what seemed like...

The Eclipse Awards presented (in the words of Radiohead) no surprises; Curlin was duly crowned Horse of the Year and Three-Year-Old Colt - ESPN notes that only last year, he had yet to make his first start . Chief owner Jess Jackson continued to send out positive signals about Curlin's continued...

The World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings were recently released; Curlin is the highest-rated US-based horse, coming in tied for second with Authorized , Dylan Thomas and Invasor (despite his retirement early in the season). Street Sense , English Channel , Any Given Saturday and Lawyer Ron also make...

2008 is here at last, and while it remains a slow news week, let's finally get to our 2007 recap. First, we'll revisit the biggest news stories in racing in something approaching chronological order: Barbaro's death: for those of us working at Penn Vet at the time, it was probably less of...