Chris Goodlett has walked around Churchill Downs many times since joining the Kentucky Derby Museum and heard admiring fans say to each other, “Oh, look at that beautiful gray horse.” Not many of ...

Walk near the betting windows or along the paddock on a day of live Thoroughbred racing, and you’re bound to hear it if a horse of a certain color is preparing for a trip to the starting gate. “I ...

When it comes to gray horses – which are a bit of a rarity in the racing world – there are some myths and superstitions. “There are some old wives’ tales about gray horses,” Gregg Keidel, the race ...

For the amateur Kentucky Derby bettor, horse color might be more important than pedigree, past performances or track conditions. It’s that group the adage “always bet the gray” appeals to. For the ...

A recent Austrian study has shown that melanomas (malignant tumors of pigmented skin cells) are not as serious in gray horses as melanomas found in solid-colored horses characterized by early spread.

It is actually over 45 degrees out and not threatening snow so there goes the whole first paragraph. I will have to find something else to crab about. Fortunately for me that probably won’t be hard to ...

EASTTOWN – The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair was bright with color last Wednesday even though the skies were gray and dull with rain. The annual Ladies Day Hat Contest brought out the beauty and ...

LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 05: Essential Quality (5) wins race 4 during the 146th Kentucky Derby on September 5, 2020 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via ...