Nostalgic Horse

Another Travers is in the record books, and the outcome was hardly surprising. It certainly wasn’t surprising that Street Sense won, and it wasn’t surprising that it wasn’t a cakewalk for this horse either. Trainer Ken McPeek said this weekend, “Street Sense is a great horse, no ifs, ands, or buts.” Is he? Sorry we [...]

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas always had the magic touch with fillies. Lukas, after all, had Landaluce, Lady’s Secret, Althea, and Serena’s Song in his barn. So it was no surprise that he won his first Derby with a filly, Winning Colors in 1988. Perhaps, that is why often Life’s Magic gets lost in the shuffle. [...]

Beginning with the 1990s, Nostalgichorse will select horses for your consideration. You tell us the order, and let us know if there are any “greats” we have forgotten. We can debate the top horses forever, so here are our selections, and why we feel they deserve to be nominated. Let us know who you think [...]

The Travers Stakes is America’s oldest thoroughbred horse race, and is often dubbed “The Midsummer Derby.” Indeed over the years many notable horses have ran in the Travers Stakes, making it a premier even in American racing.
It was first run in 1864 and it is named after William R. Travers, the one time president [...]

Del Mar’s Pacific Classic is now in the record books. No, Lava Man is not a repeat winner, as he ran terribly. As a Lava Man fan however, I have to point out that he did run a good eighteen feet more than the winner. It happened to be the slowest time ever recorded for [...]

In the next week we will be focusing on the top ten horses of the 1990s, and we will also be featuring some thrilling Travers Stakes’ victories of the past. There will also be a breeding piece on the dam side of star filly, Rags to Riches.

For not being a handicapping site, we did pretty well here in the Haskell…choosing the top four finishers. Ok, that wasn’t too hard, but it is still fun when that happens. What really made it super was that along with Street Sense, Curlin and Rags to Riches, we now have to make room for Any [...]

With the defection of Invasor, Horse of the Year is now a wide open race. As far as older horses go, Lawyer Ron has certainly thrown his hat into the ring, but he will have to defeat a very good group of three year olds in order to have any claim on HOTY.
Street Sense returned [...]