A jockey who was once two-thirds of the way to the 2005 Triple Crown has been suspended after whipping his horse in the face.

The THOROUGHBRED TIMES reports that Jeremy Rose has been given a six-month suspension by the Delaware Thoroughbred Commission, after he allegedly hit Appeal to the City in the eye during a race […]

Awhile back, we made a fabulously naïve comment about Rick Dutrow, Jr., offering a fresh and interesting (if rather braying) voice to the sports community that was entertaining and should be embraced. We’re kind of an idiot.

Dutrow can’t stop injecting himself into the news for all the wrong reasons. Now it’s because he […]

Most folks still haven’t come to grips with Big Brown’s last-place finish at the Belmont last month. The horse had a Phil Mickelson-ish collapse down the stretch that has gone completely unexplained–until now?

Extreme close-up photos of one of Brownie’s horseshoes may provide the clue for why the equine failed to perform.

And the hits keep on coming for horse racing’s fragile base. Yesterday, two horses fractured rather important parts of their limbs during normal Saturday racing at Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby) and had to be put down.

In the first of those accidents, the jockey (Shaun Bridgmohan) tumbled off the injured horse and […]

Kobe Bryant was a big winner, after all. And we’re not horsing around.

Unfortunately for Lakers fans, we’re not talking about the b-ball superstar who was yet again denied NBA gold Tuesday night. The only Kobe Bryant to taste a championship this week was a harness racehorse in New Zealand.

Rick Dutrow, Jr., trainer of Big Brown and known sufferer of Verbal Diarrhea Disorder (VDD), took his last opportunity in the limelight before horse racing gets tossed back into the media hamper for another nine months to blame someone else for Big Brown’s lost Triple Crown package delivery Saturday.

Since the owners pay his salary and […]

Meet Zara Phillips, a buxom British horse rider who’ll be trotting & leaping around Beijing this summer for the UK’s Olympic equestrian team.

She also happens to be 12th in line to the British throne.

Big Brown had a date with destiny, but the horse showed up a little bit late.

Big Brown, who had been receiving treatment for a cracked front hoof, ran third for most of the 1.5-mile race before fading away in the last turn as jockey Kent Desormeaux eased his ride through the stretch. Da’Tara, listed at […]

Just because their corporate logo is on Belmont’s biggest star, that doesn’t mean the Hooters Girls will be welcome in the winner’s circle.

Not in these clothes, anyway.
The NEW YORK DAILY NEWS gallops along word that the tight tank tops & short orange shorts fashioned by the restaurant’s waitresses would not be considered “proper attire” for […]

Elka Graham is an Aussie swimmer whose life is heading upstream. She’ll be racing for gold at this summer’s Olympics in Beijing. She’s already had some small-screen stardom as a contestant on Australia’s version of “Dancing With The Stars”. She’s engaged and will be married later this year. And McDonald’s has just signed her to […]