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...

Anybody curious what Street Sense is doing today? After Street Sense, the 2007 Kentucky Derby winner, finished the 4th in 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic at Monmouth Park, he retired to stud duty with earnings of $4,383,200. He stands at Darley's Jonabell Farm near Lexington, Kentucky with a stud...

Thanks to Street Sense, it was about a year ago that Nafzger was the sport's most popular trainer. In this exclusive Q & A, see what his fondest memories of the 2007 Kentucky Derby were, and who he likes in this year's Classic....( read more )

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...

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...