Tom Pedulla of America’s Best Racing uses a Tale of the Tape to compare and contrast top 3-year-olds Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky Derby winner, and Tiz the Law, this year’s huge Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve favorite.
Tag: Lifestyle
Jack Knowlton Diary: Funny Cide’s Derby Win, Story Behind the Bus, Remembering Old Friends
Managing partner Jack Knowlton and his fellow Sackatoga Stable owners stepped out of a yellow school bus at Churchill Downs to gain an upset victory with New York-bred gelding Funny Cide in the 2003 Kentucky Derby. In another unexpected twist, Knowlton and Sackatoga have returned to the national spotlight with another stellar New York-bred.
Where to Watch/Listen: 2020 Kentucky Derby Week
One of the most active and exciting weeks in recent memory has arrived in North American Thoroughbred racing.
Seventeen Words That Mean Something Different To Kentucky Derby Fans
Horse racing is a sport full of jargon: for hardcore fans of the game, the sentence, “He worked a bullet over three panels in 35 and change” makes absolute and perfect sense. (The translation is: this horse was the fastest workout of the morning going three-eighths of a mile, traveling the distance in just over 35 seconds.)
