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...

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...