Mine That Bird and jockey Calvin Borel winning the Kentucky Derby

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

FUNNIEST HORSE NAME EVER? "HOOF HEARTED." What is All-World Power Rankings? Preakness is on Saturday. Fun. Best part of it: this. Horse racing is ...

Life of Reilly

The greatest horse in the world will get to stretch her legs in the Preakness

Why NASCAR Should Be At Churchill

...Churchill Downs. Last Saturday, like 22 percent of all Americans watching TV, I tuned into the Kentucky Derby from Louisville. Then I flipped over to watch the Crown Royal 400 from Richmond. At the...

The Week That Was ... Bumptious

...might call Ron Artest "offensively self-assertive." We call him fun. D-Wade loves basketball. The Kentucky Derby is this weekend. Get your bets ready. Horse names: sometimes offensive, sometimes assertive, always funny. Manny...

2009 Kentucky Derby Issue: Horses and Drugs

Read this. Life is simpler in Toby Keith songs, you know?

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

FUNNIEST HORSE NAME EVER? "HOOF HEARTED." What is All-World Power Rankings? Kentucky Derby is on Saturday. Fun. Best part of it: seeing Hugh Hefner roll up with three girls...

Comment Mining: The Final Furlong

In the current issue of The Mag, Seth Wickersham delves into the world of horse euthanization, and what happens when a horse needs to be put down afte...

Found Item: Kentucky Derby Finishes

...are some knee-slappers, to be sure.) We found something else cool: the stretch runs of every Derby from '87 to '06. Thing is like nine minutes long, but seriously, if you don't have...

Next Tech: The Sequisol Project

...Denoix has no doubt the trends would remain. Crevier-Denoix has attempted to reach out to Kentucky Derby organizers, but has received no response to date. Instead, current interest is split between French government...

Behind the Story: The Final Furlong

In the May 4 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Seth Wickersham looks into the world of the racetrack veternarian. Words matter in horseracing. Those who wo...

Clip Reel: 2008

...a rocky start in Tampa Bay, Josh Hamilton shines with the Rangers (and in the Home Run Derby). No one wanted the giant-sized headache that came with signing Barry Bonds. It must have been...

Big Brown right before he crossed the finish line at the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby in May 2008

All The Pretty Horses

Trainer Nick Zito has five mounts who could win the Derby. If only he didn't have five powerful owners-one named Steinbrenner-who aren't running for second

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They play different sports, hail from different worlds and pursue different dreams. But as you'll see in the following pages, today's high-revving pros are all driven by the sights, sounds and smells of the road