The eyes of Thoroughbred racing fans and officials will likely be turning to the east – way to the east – as the 2009 Triple Crown season opens. The reason? Two of 2008’s major 2-year-old winners – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Midshipman and double New York winner Vineyard Haven – will be preparing...

By Ray Paulick To hear Carl Pascarella tell it, you’d think corporate marketers would have lined up from Louisville, Ky., all the way to New York’s Madison Avenue to bid on the Triple Crown sponsorship that Visa USA dropped in 1995 after a 10-year run. The relationship between the Triple...

Among the many laments that followed the announcement of Big Brown’s not-quite-surprising, injury-induced retirement on Monday was the notion that he is now denied the opportunity to establish himself as a “great horse.” Indeed, that term was being applied, however rapturously, last spring, before the...

Big Brown seems to be on his way to our first Triple Crown in 30 years. However, it is by no means a sure thing....( read more )