By Ray Paulick The horse business is Kentucky’s signature industry, employing tens of thousands of people, generating over a billion dollars of revenue throughout the year, and putting the international spotlight on the Commonwealth each spring at the Kentucky Derby. Yet, in many ways, legislators...

By Ray Paulick Best unintentionally funny line of the week came from John Brunetti, the owner of Hialeah Park. Discussing a conversation he had with Halsey Minor about the technology wizard’s interest in buying and reviving the shuttered South Florida racetrack, Brunetti was quoted in a trade publication...

Curlin destroys the competition in the G1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on Saturday Curlin. You cannot stop him. You can only hope to contain him. On Saturday at Churchill Downs, that’s exactly what a field of 9 competitors was hoping to do in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap. Curlin’s...

Things just got a tad more difficult for the defending Horse of the Year in his 2008 U.S. Debut. Already up against it, so to speak, from a weight disadvantage, the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike has now drawn the rail post position for Saturday’s running of the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill...

Horse racing needs its heroes.  With the debacle of Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes last Saturday, the building anticipation for a potential showdown between a Triple Crown winner and the 2007 Horse of the Year seemingly went out the window.  Instead, racing fans have been left with a head scratching...