My Soapbox for Equestrian Writings
Tomorrow we will have the chance to watch the best thoroughbreds of all time come together in the dream race of a lifetime, but it comes as no surprise that Secretariat is the odds-on favorite for the Triple Crown Showdown tomorrow with current odds of 7-2. Citation follows him at 4-1; Affirmed and Seattle Slew […]
Read MoreThe last three Triple Crown winners came after a break of 25 years — but then like the 1940s, the 70s saw three winners within the decade. Secretariat – 1973 With his 31 length lead in the Belmont, Secretariat captured the imagination of the nation. Here was a horse that decisively won the Triple Crown […]
Read MoreThe use of Lasix (furosemide) has come under scrutiny in the racing industry with some analysts arguing that the use of the drug is one of the reasons why we’ve gone so long without a Triple Crown winner. Lasix is injected to prevent bleeding – Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhaging. The argument is that almost all […]
Read MoreFrom The New York Times: How would Zenyatta perform against great racehorses like Citation and Cigar? To answer that, Horse Racing Simulation and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association have created a virtual simulation of Zenyatta racing against nine top thoroughbreds throughout history. The simulation used more than 100 data elements in a proprietary computer program, […]
Read MoreSo said Jockey Kent Desormeaux after Big Brown’s disappointing run in the Belmont stakes yesterday. It’s been 30 years since a horse won racing’s Triple Crown — the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. But it wasn’t always so. In the 1970s, there were three Triple Crown Winners! In 1978, Affirmed stuck a nose […]
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