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...

This past weekend's Derby preps weren't much help in terms of bandwagon-jumping; War Pass finally had a bad day and the relatively-unheralded (although previously a second place finisher to Denis of Cork ) California-bred Sierra Sunset took the Rebel . Georgie Boy , trained by Kathy Walsh, also...

Word is in the Pyro is off to Darley at some point in the not-too-distant future; it must be nice to have things decided so early in one's career (although hey, at six lifetime starts, he only needs three more to equal Smarty Jones in total starts – just not as many wins) – at least he and War Pass...

Dubai Racing Club release Eleven days after carrying 60 kilograms to victory over 2,000 meters, American Horse of the Year Curlin returned to Nad Al Sheba Racecourse for a five-furlong (1000m) workout on Monday that assistant trainer Scott Blasi declared “awesome” as the colt gears up for the US$6 million...

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...

Well, it's January and that means that it's time for insanely early predictions about who will line up on Derby Day. War Pass is the early favorite on the just-launched official Derby site . While his Juvenile victory was impressive (and he gained my respect by coming over to show off for the...