Castration is normally performed on colts to make them more tractable and easier to handle. When the horse has minimal breeding value, the procedure normally takes place once the horse is skeletally ...

When Funny Cide won one for the geldings in the Kentucky Derby, it ended a 73-year losing streak that was as misleading as it was well-publicized. No gelding had won the Derby since Clyde Van Dusen in ...

At least geldings can give the sport of racing their undivided attention. “In my experience with racehorses, I’m all for geldings,” said trainer Barclay Tagg, who is preparing Funny Cide for what he ...

It’s no secret that life for a Kentucky Derby-winning horse is quite enviable. Fame, food and fortune immediately follow the winning of horse racing's crown jewel. But it’s a fourth “F” that really ...

The 7th annual John Franks Memorial sale of 2-year-olds in training will be held at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino March 22, 2009. An under tack show is scheduled for the previous day. If ...

Pre Eminence is far more than just another horse in the Eagle Farm stable of Barry Lockwood and Emma-Jane Vincent – he is the ...

It’s been a much talked about debate in recent years, but It’s official: Europe’s richest race is finally opening its […] ...

Since January, I’ve been writing here about the Kentucky Derby. Horses have joined and fallen off the Derby trail, risen and fallen in expectation, appeared with promise and disappeared with injury or ...