Category: General News

7th Annual Race for Education 5K/10K Run

The Race for Education is taking to the streets of downtown Midway, Kentucky, on Saturday, October 10th at 8:30am. Serious runners and weekend joggers alike are invited to enter the starting gates for the Seventh Annual Race For Education 5K/10K Run, which will be sponsored by 5/3 Bank. Cash prizes await the top male and […]

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Public Speaker (by DH) Wins Carey in Slop

Public Speaker (by Distorted Humor) already had shown his worth on turf and synthetic surfaces, and a wet Hawthorne Race Course dirt track could not slow him down, either. After lengthy deliberations, owner Peter Karahalios and trainer Dale Bennett decided not to scratch Public Speaker from the $100,000 Robert Carey Memorial Handicap when the race […]

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Z Humor Wins Ralph M Hinds Handicap

Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The 15-day meet ends Monday with a mandatory payout in the $1 win pick nine. The bet has not been hit all meet; […]

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View larger photo Z Humor Wins Ralph M Hinds Handicap

Longshot front-runner Z Humor (by Distorted Humor) raced wire to wire in the $100,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap at Fairplex Park on Sunday, final weekend of the Los Angeles County Fair meet. The 15-day meet ends Monday with a mandatory payout in the $1 win pick nine. The bet has not been hit all meet; […]

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Distorted Humor Colt Wins Super Derby

Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class of Saturday’s Super Derby is clear: it is Regal Ransom (by Distorted Humor). Easily the leading money earner […]

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View larger photo Distorted Humor Colt Wins Super Derby

Sometimes, the class of a race is the horse who has earned the most money. Other times, it might be the horse that has simply kept the best company. By either of those two evaluations, the class of Saturday’s Super Derby is clear: it is Regal Ransom (by Distorted Humor). Easily the leading money earner […]

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Justenuffhumor takes Bernard Baruch

He’s one of those special horses who when you put them in the starting gate, you’re know they’ll find a way to get to the wire first. That’s how trainer Kiaran McLaughlin described Justenuffhumor, who continued his climb towards the top of the nation’s turf division with a well-deserved half-length victory over a game Cowboy […]

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View larger photo Well Armed Back: San Diego First

Winning a $6 million race would make you fat and happy. Trainer Eoin Harty, one of the wittiest guys on the backstretch, is happy. Well Armed, whom Harty trained to win the Dubai World Cup four months ago, is fat. “I can’t get the belly off him,” Harty said while feeding Well Armed a carrot […]

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Bullsbay (by Tiznow) Wins Grade 1 Whitney

Bullsbay, at 18-1 the longest shot in the field of six, took the lead from Commentator in upper stretch, opened up a clear advantage at the eighth pole, then held the late-running Macho Again at bay late to win the $750,000 Whitney Handicap by 1 1/2 lengths before 39,568 at Saratoga on Saturday. Macho Again […]

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Coach Calipari visits WinStar

UK basketball coach John Calipari, with his wife Ellen, along with UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart, visited WinStar Farm last night for dinner and a tour. “You can’t imagine how clean and comfortable the stud barn is! The ultimate “bachelor pad” – with flat screen TVs and the whole deal. And get this – Tiznow […]

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