Twenty years into his retirement from a Hall of Fame career in college basketball, Denny Crum was at the Keeneland sales pavilion shopping for a stakes winner with trainer Dallas Stewart. This was no new venture for Crum, who had been a racehorse owner since the mid-1970s and bred nearly a dozen winners through the late 1980s and ‘90s. Thoroughbred racing was yet another outlet for the man who loved to compete, whether it was basketball, golf, fishing, horse racing, or poker.
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A Stake in Stardom Kentucky Derby Experience ‘Powerful, Electric, One of a Kind’
Behind every horse at this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve was an owner or a group of owners whose dreams were realized once the gate doors opened for the 149th run for the roses. Three high-profile owners, in particular, got to experience the thrill of having a horse in the race for the first time.
‘The Foxes of Belair’ a Reminder Why We Fall in Love With the Sport of Horse Racing
When Sir Barton became the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in 1919, he created an elite standard that only 12 other horses have matched since.
Four Fashion Trends for the 2023 Triple Crown Season
Well, it’s officially that time of year! The cherry blossoms have bloomed, the temperatures are on the rise, moods are improving substantially as the seasonal depression lifts and … yes, the spring fashion has dropped!
