Thoroughbred Racing Tag

Earlier this year the horse racing world missed out an opportunity for a Triple Crown winner in a most unfortunate manner.  The outcome was clearly the best and healthiest choice for the horse but no one likes to see a chance at history hindered by an injury.  The run for the Triple Crown might be over but there is still exciting racing left in 2012.

In just a couple of months the 29th annual running of the Breeders Cup will get underway on November 2nd.  The Breeders Cup is currently and has historically been the richest North American horse race.  Last year the total amount of winnings came to 25.5 million and that has been the total purse since the additions of 3 races in 2008.

Well March is already on the way out and with April only a few days away Sports Traveler is gearing up the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby.  The Kentucky Derby is clearly a major sporting event in this country and has historically been one of the more culturally important events whether sport or otherwise.

Despite the event's cultural and historical importance, there are still a lot of people out there that don't care to know much about the Kentucky Derby.  Many of these people just think horse racing is outdated and have little to no interest in who wins the Kentucky Derby.  I think that some of the gap in interest can be blamed on a lack of identity.

Over the last 10 years, we have witnessed many astonishing feats in the sports world.  Roger Federer won 16 Grand Slam Finals (and still counting) to surpass Pete Sampras for most in history, 6 no-hitters thrown during one season, Michael Phelps winning 8 gold medals in Beijing, and Brett Favre retiring 957 times.

However, during this time, we have not witnessed the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.  Actually, this feat last occurred back in 1978 when Affirmed won all three races.