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By Ray Paulick Bob Evans, president and chief executive officer of Churchill Downs Inc., said during a Friday morning press conference at the company’s flagship track in Louisville, Ky., that the CDI board of directors discussed the possibility of reducing the field size of the Kentucky Derby during a regularly scheduled meeting in New Orleans last week.

Everybody scoffed that the modestly-bred Canonero II, who raced in Venezuela as well as the U.S. and wasn't even nominated for the 1971 Kentucky Derby, could win the classic, much less two of the three Triple Crown races that year:

By Ray Paulick One of the Thoroughbred industry’s biggest challenges may also present one of its greatest opportunities. The challenge, brought to the fore this year by a series of widely publicized events but always lingering just off center stage, is the issue of animal welfare.

I was thrilled to receive a package in the mail last week from Lee & Low Books; thank you Hannah!  Inside were 4 beautiful hardcover picture books for me to review. I thought I would share the first one here for Nonfiction Monday.

And down the stretch they come! This part of the fantasy season feels a lot like watching the Kentucky Derby. There are so many horses still in the race in all my fantasy leagued (including myself!) and that is likely the case in your leagues as well. Now all those horses have made the final turn and are headed for home.

By Ray Paulick To hear Carl Pascarella tell it, you’d think corporate marketers would have lined up from Louisville, Ky., all the way to New York’s Madison Avenue to bid on the Triple Crown sponsorship that Visa USA dropped in 1995 after a 10-year run.

Writes Vic Zast, in praise of the noble turf scribe: These writers have access and research capabilities that bloggers and fans don't.... The NTWA member has been conscientious in serving the sport. It's the turf writer that takes the lead position on most crucial issues and expresses the opinions of fans in his writing....

By Ray Paulick In the nine hours of Breeders’ Cup telecasts last Friday and Saturday, the strangest segment by far came during a brief interview between comedic sportscaster Kenny Mayne and Michael Iavarone, president of the IEAH stable that owns a majority of Big Brown, when Iavarone said he and

Sunday, October 26, a lot of horse racing fans will be seeing the big picture very clearly. For over a year, Churchill Downs has been preparing to broadcast in HD. High-definition simulcasts are going to be broadcast at off site betting locations, other racetracks and various places onsite.

Filed under: Sports Next time you head to the track, whether at Churchill Downs or "select off-track betting locations and racetracks" expect a clearer look at the action, with more than 100 HDTVs installed in several areas and a 16:9 high definition simulcast, the first racetrack in the U.S. to do so.