The Jockey Who Won the Race While Dead in the Saddle

In 1923, a steeplechase at Belmont Park in New York produced one of the most unexpected outcomes in horse racing history.
Paulick Report on MSN

‘I Hadn’t Really Been In Pain’: Brian Hernandez Jr. Exercises Horses For First Time Since Being Injured

Hernandez’s agent said he is planning a return to race riding on Oct. 25 at Keeneland or Oct. 26 at Churchill Downs ...
Chicago Tribune

Frank Calabrese, one of Chicago horse racing’s all-time greats and printing shop founder, dies at 96

“The first bet I ever made was at a bookie joint when I was 11 or 12,” Frank Calabrese once told the Tribune. “I bet 50 cents and got $36 back and I was hooked.” Calabrese went on to become one of ...