If you’re a potential first time horse owner, congratulations. If you’re acquiring the animal as a foal you will have the honor of christening the colt. Seems easy enough, but there are some guidelines. Here are the basics: When you register a race horse you have to come up with something original, and you get a max of 18 characters (including spaces) to come up with a … Continue reading The Name Game
This years Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 4th. It is the 150th anniversary for the landmark event. So it stands to reason that this year’s milestone race will be the richest in the history of America’s greatest race. The 2024 Kentucky Derby purse has been elevated to a guaranteed $5 million. The substantial $2 million increase to the 1 ¼-mile race for for 3-year-olds highlights a … Continue reading Derby Purse Increases
We’re 8 days into 2024, and anticipation is already building for what’s to come this year in the wonderful world of horse racing. There will be plenty of exciting contests, memorable moments, and great times to be had at tracks all across the country. Everyone (even horseplayers) make New Year’s resolutions; some are more successful than others. The Daily Racing Blog won’t add any undue … Continue reading A 2024 Wish List
The 2024 Kentucky Derby is a mere 4 months away, and the Derby preps will be coming hard and fast now- leading up to the first Saturday in May. Beginning in 2013, the Kentucky Derby prep races were officially bundled under the banner of The Road To The Kentucky Derby. Known fondly as the Derby Trail, the introduction of the prep series has led to a … Continue reading Derby Preps
Happy New Year my friends. Whether you make a living playing the horses or do it as a side-hustle the one resolution you should consider (if you haven’t already) is to work on being mentally strong. Being mentally strong sets apart the Winning horseplayer from the perpetual ticket-tearing loser. Here are five examples of a Winning mind-set: #1 Move On Winning horseplayers don’t waste time feeling … Continue reading Resolve To Win
It was a long, long time ago, but I remember it like it was (almost) yesterday. I was 14-15 years-old and I was at the Saratoga Race Course with my Uncle Louie. And while I had been to this fabled course as a wee lad on a few occasions, I had never been old enough (6 or 7 perhaps) to be given my own race program. But on … Continue reading Remember Your First Time ?
There is no horse race more iconic in the United States than the Kentucky Derby. The race has been contested every year without a miss since 1875. Held at Churchill Downs, the prestigious race is the first leg of the Triple Crown and is often considered to be the one race that everyone involved in the sport would like to Win. But where did the Kentucky Derby get its famous moniker? The Kentucky part … Continue reading The Kentucky Bunbury ?
Horseplayers are a superstitious lot. Despite knowing that the worries are (mostly) unfounded and whatever happens can (usually) be explained away. Here are just a few of the superstitions that we horseplayers have either seen or been guilty of over the years. 1. Don’t Break The Routine. Perhaps you have to buy your program or past performances from the same place every time. Maybe you need … Continue reading Racing Superstitions
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) is a public charity that provides financial assistance to 60 former jockeys who have suffered catastrophic on-track injuries. Since its founding in 2006, the fund has disbursed nearly $11 million dollars to permanently disabled jockeys, most of whom have sustained paralysis or brain injuries. Many of the jockeys the PDJF serve were injured while in their 20s and 30s and … Continue reading How To Help The PDJF
The Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup have, for the past 72 years, been proving grounds for a long list of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest Champions. Some horses, though, transcend the sport’s most famous stages. One such Horse was KELSO. KELSO never ran in a Triple Crown race and his legendary career ended some 18 years before the Breeders’ Cup even began. Yet in eight years of racing, the gallant and durable gelding accomplished more … Continue reading The Amazing KELSO
