
Nack BackTrack: Lukas Looks for One More Score
"See all those people down there?" D. Wayne Lukas was saying as he surveyed the tumultuous scene below. "What they are having is an out-of-body experience. It's an experience that changes you forever."
"See all those people down there?" D. Wayne Lukas was saying as he surveyed the tumultuous scene below. "What they are having is an out-of-body experience. It's an experience that changes you forever."
BackTrack is in the seventh of 12 weeks looking back at the Belmont Stakes (G1) victories of the Triple Crown winners in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the New York classic.
Before and after the 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, Bill Nack spent time with owner Beverly Lewis.
It is a richly symbolic journey that has come to be known, over the last 10 or so years, as The Walk.
Bobby Frankel crossed the mile chute at old Churchill Downs and wended his way into the stable area, looking for a twilight instant like the loneliest horse trainer in the world.
This week is a recap of the Belmont Stakes win of Count Fleet that ran in the June 12, 1943 issue. It carried the headline "Worse Than a Walkover."
In conjunction with Tom Hall's Look Back feature in BloodHorse Daily, BloodHorse.com each Thursday will present corresponding race stories from the pages of the magazine.
BackTrack is in the fourth of 12 weeks looking back at the Belmont Stakes (G1) victories of the Triple Crown winners in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the New York classic.
BackTrack is in the third of 12 weeks looking back at the Belmont Stakes (G1) victories of the Triple Crown winners in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the New York classic.
This week is a recap of the Belmont Stakes win of Gallant Fox that ran in the June 14, 1930 issue of BloodHorse. Note the writer declaring Sir Barton and Gallant Fox the first two "Triple Event" winners.
For the next 12 weeks, BackTrack will recall the Belmont Stakes (G1) victories of the Triple Crown winners in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the race.
Any question in your mind about Native Dancer is easy to answer; he's as good as you thought.
A look back at Cadillacing's victory in the 1988 Ballerina Stakes (G1).
This week's BackTrack offers a recap of the Oct. 7, 1956 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp where Ribot won the race for a second straight year. The story, headlined "Champion of the World," was written by BloodHorse staff.
This week's BackTrack offers a recap of the Dec. 30, 1979 Las Flores Handicap at Santa Anita Park where Terlingua won off an extended layoff.
A look back to General Quarters' 2009 Sam F. Davis Stakes win.
In conjunction with Tom Hall's Throwback Thursday feature in BloodHorse Daily, BloodHorse.com each Thursday will present corresponding race stories from the pages of the magazine.
This week's BackTrack offers a recap of the April 21, 1965 Toboggan Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack where Affectionately defeated males.
Before this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), BloodHorse.com readers will have a chance to relive some of the most memorable editions of the Louisville classic at its new "BackTrack" channel that focuses on racing history.
Dean's Kitten, owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, has been installed as the lukewarm 7-2 morning line favorite in the $150,000 Hawthorne Derby (gr. IIIT). Eight 3-year-olds were entered in the 1 1/8-mile turf event.
The field for this weekend's Louisiana Derby (gr. II) is similar to the recently concluded Florida Derby (gr. I) in one important way: Both major Kentucky Derby preps drew full fields of promising but unproven 3-year-olds.
The $750,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II) at Fair Grounds on Saturday, March 27, has drawn a field of 13, headed by Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) winner Discreetly Mine.