Page 15 - Native Dancer News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — One of sports most celebrated losers turned 30 this month. Zippy Chippy, the retired racehorse known for being winless in 100 races, observed this milestone birthday in style with a party and more than 200 cards from fans. "He's in pretty good shape," said JoAnn Pepper, owner of Old Friends of Cabin Creek Farm in New York where the "lovable loser" has resided for about 10 years.   "He's doing really well for 30 years old and he's quite famous, people come from all over to see him. He must have gotten over 200 birthday cards in the mail from Facebook and Twitter and ...

Share on twitter In a recent radio interview, I was asked if I considered myself to be “The Dean of Kentucky Derby Journalists.” I had to admit that I had never thought about it like that. Billy Reed But since I don’t think there’s anybody around who has covered more than my 52, I guess maybe I am Dean Reed, with a Ph. D in Derbyology. Has a kind of nice ring to it, right? If I am to assume this lofty position, I must do it seriously because my main responsibility will be to guard the Derby’s history, both the good and bad of it. And there has been some bad, which almost goes along ...

‘Always Bet the Gray:’ The History Behind Derby Favorite Essential Quality’s Silver Coat Sponsored by: Godolphin homebred Essential Quality, ridden by Luis Saez, wins the TVG Juvenile Presented By Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance on Breeders' Cup Championship Friday at Keeneland on November 6, 2020: in Lexington, Kentucky. John Voorhees/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders Cup/CSM A gray Thoroughbred is often a head-turner, not only for its sterling coat but for its relative rarity. Comprising only a small percentage of the breed, they are outnumbered by their bay, brown and chestnut st...

Pedigree fun facts: Bourbonic Bourbonic is by Preakness winner Bernardini out of a mare by Afleet Alex who came close to the Triple Crown (NYRA/Coglianese Photos/Chelsea Durand) Bourbonic aims to become the fourth straight generation of his male line to win a classic. Moreover, his female line is responsible for one of the greatest horses ever to lose the Kentucky Derby (G1). Bourbonic’s sire, champion Bernardini, captured the 2006 Preakness (G1), while his sire in turn, Hall of Famer A.P. Indy, won the 1992 Belmont (G2). A.P. Indy is the best son of the legendary Seattle Slew, who swe...

Unbeaten Prevalence, Withers Winner Risk Taking Loom Large In Wood Memorial Sponsored by: Prevalence working at Palm Meadows Unbeaten Prevalence and Grade 3 Withers-winner Risk Taking highlight a strong field for Saturday's 96th running of the Grade 2, $750,000 Wood Memorial presented by Resorts World Casino for sophomores going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct Racetrack. The nine-furlong two-turn contest is the final local qualifier for the Grade 1, $3 million Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs and awards 100-40-20-10 qualifying points to the top-four finishers. The Wood Memorial, ...