Horse Racing

Gay jockey Jack Duern says he has found acceptance in his sport and he uses drag as an outlet.

"I'm not a gay race horse. I'm a race horse that happens to be gay," the 3-year-old colt says.

Girl power was aiming to strike again at the Japan Cup yesterday evening. This is Japan's most prestigious horse race, and 100,000 fans packed the Tokyo stands to watch their popular favorite, the big black superfilly Vodka, make her 3rd try at beating the boyz. They call her the "Japanese Zenyatta." As with the Breeders […]

Today is the last day of racing at the storied racetrack built in a bean field in 1938 by movie mogul Jack Warner. A developer plans to raze the complex and build a low-income housing project and mall. Victim of the recession's impact on sports, Hollywood Park isn't going quietly. Noisy allegations are being made […]

This horse has an awesome ability to accelerate. You could really see it in the overhead blimp shot of today’s Preakness. As the field turned for home, Kent Desormeaux asked him and he made like a top-fuel dragster, leaving the others struggling in his wake as he roared off down the lane. Over the last […]

I share Cyd’s feelings 110 percent. The emerging problem with race horses has been out there in plain sight since Ruffian’s heartbreaking death in 1975. Within the sport, some voices are demanding change… but so far not enough of them. But banning horse racing wouldn’t be the best answer. The problem is not owners and […]

“Triumph and tragedy” was how the commentators described this Derby day. Big Brown showed us, all right. With all the speed in the field, and his far-outside starting position, a bad start would have upped the ante for him. As it was, he had a perfect trip and won going away. After the gallop-out, he […]

No, guys, Big Brown is not a well-endowed UPS guy. He’s a current favorite among colts pointing at the Kentucky Derby, which is just a month away. But you might take your attention off KOTH for just a minute and catch a look at this spectacular hunk of horseflesh, because the buzz about him is […]

Some of the new year’s first big horse-racing action hit two tracks today with the Sunshine Millions series. Sponsors of this mini-Breeders Cup series must have had some pull with the California weather man, because our big Pacific storm cleared just enough today for the Santa Anita half of the races to be held. The […]