Nostalgic Horse

Check out our new article Top Horses of the Eightes. Or, some of our previous work: Top Horses of the Nineties and our Top Ten Forgotten Horses.

by Jarrod Horak I have attended Maryland Million Day numerous times, and many fond memories come gushing back each October. Jim McKay’s baby turns twenty-two in 2007, and it seems like yesterday when racing warrior Little Bold John took down the Classic in 1987. The late, great trainer Buddy Raines won the Classic three times, [...]

While the Bloodhorse reports that Teuflesberg will have surgery tomorrow, our sources tell us that he has already had the surgery and is doing well. As always with a horse, it still could go either way. Complications from a broken bone can arise in a variety of ways. One concern is always laminitis, the dreaded [...]

The smoke has cleared from Saturday’s disaster at Keeneland, and one horse is left standing, albeit on three legs. It did not happen at the Preakness, and it wasn’t watched by millions of at home television viewers so no one seems interested in covering this story, but we at Nostalgic Horse are very interested in [...]

It was supposed to be a big weekend for a few horses to stamp out their greatness, and head to the Breeders Cup as favorites. It also could give lesser knowns a berth in the Breeders Cup as it is one of the last weekends to qualify. It did have some impressive victories, as in [...]

by Jarrod Horak Keeneland’s Breeders’ Futurity, sponsored by Lane’s End Farm, has a colorful history dating back to 1910. The great Calumet colorbearer Whirlaway won this event in 1940, and he returned to nab the Triple Crown the following year. The legendary Round Table was the 1956 winner, and many other future stars got their [...]