A tornado hit Arkansas last week but the damage that was inflicted upon Oaklawn Park racecourse was done miles away down in Louisiana....
The Kentucky Oaks is meant to be the star of the show but it seems destined to be upstaged by a real diva this year.
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Ever since a cold day in January, when it was announced that Zenyatta was returning from one of the shortest retirement in sporting history ...
Like the star that she is, Zenyatta left it late to make the big entrance but the queen of American racing took her unbeaten record to 17 a ...
The final target for John Shirreffs is a successful defence of Zenyatta’s Breeders’ Cup Classic title at Churchill Downs in November and he ...
Ask any racecourse executive in America about what would be at the top of their wish-list and the names of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta ar ...
Good news in and around the New York Racing Association has been slightly rarer than hens’ teeth of late....
So who is the best horse in America?
The supporters of Zenyatta will point to an unbeaten 18-race career, even if John Shirreffs has yet t ...
Six months down the line and the big match seems no closer to happening but American racing is gearing itself up for some fascinating races ...
Jerry Moss has made his name by being able to spot star talent.
As co-founder of the legendary A&M record label, for which he worked ...
Hirsch Stakes, Del Mar 2010
Clement L. Hirsch, an American thoroughbred horse race, is run annually at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, C ...
Zenyatta maintained her unbeaten career record when she won the Grade One Clement L Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar....
A racecourse meeting between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta seems as far away – both geographically and in terms of race programmes – as eve ...
As befits one of the two divas of American horse racing, Rachel Alexandra will be upstaging the main event at Saratoga this weekend. ...
Zenyatta took her wining career record to 19 with victory in the Lady’s Secret Stakes at Hollywood Park. ...
While Zenyatta was taking a gentle canter around her home track of Hollywood Park her trainer, John Shirreffs, was in Keeneland to saddle H ...
They say you cannot rush genius but when that genius is an athlete, human or equine, the coach or trainer has to make sure that the physica ...
The rest of us have watched in awe, including those trying to beat her, as Zenyatta has galloped herself into the record books and her riva ...
Todd Pletcher leads the field most of the time in terms of success in America but, when it comes to the Breeders’ Cup, he is neck-and-neck ...
She is ready. That was the verdict of jockey Mike Smith after he rode Zenyatta in her final work at Hollywood Park before she travels to Ke ...