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Eddie Mac's Saturday analysis of major stakes action.

Smarty Jones, who fell a length shy this year of becoming the first Triple Crown winner in decades, will retire from horse racing today.

Eddie Mac's idea of heaven? Horse racing in England in the spring.

Plenty of people who don't normally follow horse racing are learning there's plenty to like about Funny Cide as he makes his bid for the Triple Crown.

Eddie Mac knows that it's tough to get fired up about horse racing during the cold winter months.

Every August, a certain resort town becomes a mecca to horse racing fans. You were thinking Saratoga? Del Mar? How about the French alternative: Deauville?

If there's a racetrack anywhere that resembles Hong Kong's Happy Valley, no one, including Eddie Mac at the Track, knows where it is.

The long-striding son of Dynaformer turned the 132nd Kentucky Derby into a runaway Saturday afternoon, kicking clear by 6 1/2-lengths.

Undefeated Barbaro stormed into the lead at the top of the stretch Saturday and won the Kentucky Derby convincingly for a trainer hailed as a hero 17 years ago.

Lemons Forever, a 47-1 long shot who trailed by 14 lengths down the backside, won the $685,900 Kentucky Oaks in the biggest upset in the race's 132-year history Friday.

Eddie Mac can't recall the last time he felt so vague about a Derby, and he's been picking them since 1984.

Eddie Mac picks a strong day of Friday racing at Churchill Downs, including the Kentucky Oaks.

Here is a brief Q and A to help clear up some misconceptions about the draw and other aspects of the world's most overhyped and overanalyzed horse race.

Will the fifth time be the Derby charm for Lawyer Ron trainer Bob Holthus?

For those of you who will be partying at home as you watch your horses finish up the track in America's Race, here's the recipe.

California native Dan Hendricks has never been in the Ketnucky Derby before, and his colt Brother Derek is the favorite.