Singspiel's career at stud starting to take flight but the stallion won't be, by John Holloway. Singspiel has had just 11 Australian runners and his potential came to the fore once again at Rosehill Gardens last Saturday when Tim Martin's colt Oh Oklahoma scored a resounding first-start win, which triggered offers from Hong Kong to buy the two-year-old.

About horse racing legend Smarty Jones and his team of loyal stable mates. Includes information about the book and distribution information. Fox TV's George Mallet, anchor of Good Day Philadelphia says..."Quips, Quotes & Oats is a very funny book that tells the Smarty Jones story from Smarty's perspective."

Swaps was one of Thoroughbred racing's greatest performers. He won the 1955 Kentucky Derby and had a series of record setting performances including the Californian Stakes. However, because he was California bred and raised, many people know him merely as the horse who beat Nashua.

Western Verse: Chestnut, 1996, by Gone West - Reams of Verse, by Nureyev. A Runner of 'Tremendous Ability, Speed and Precocity' With a Pedigree to Match By Gone West, Sire of Many Champions, Out of a Champion Race Mare.

Seabiscuit: An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand. A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a horse but with a fascinating slice of American history as well. Laura Hillenbrand has written an absorbing book that stands as a model of sportswriting at its best.

Secretariat was born at Meadow Farms Stables (Meadow Stud, Inc.) in Caroline County, Virginia on March 30, 1970. He was the son of Sire, Bold Ruler, and Dam, Somethingroyal out of Princequillo. Owner: Penny Tweedy (Chenery). Trainer: Lucien Lauren. Jockey: Ron Turcotte. Groom: Eddie Sweat. Exercise riders: Jim Gaffney and Charlie Davis.

Smarty Jones - 130th Kentucky Derby Winner. Official site for the 130th Kentucky Derby Winner, with information about the colt and his owners and trainers. Includes photos and videos.

Smarty Jones is the small chestnut colt with the blue collar background who has captured the hearts of racing fans everywhere - and won many new friends to the sport of horse racing.

In the last televised race of the night Grey Monk at 4/1 may notch up victory number 6. Its a tight field and the gap in quality between the favourite to the outsider isn't huge. However Grey Monk has had some decent recent form including a win in his last race in Dubai back on the 24th of October.

Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorses in history. In the 1930s, when Americans longed to escape the grim realities of Depression-era life, four men turned Seabiscuit into a national hero. They were his fabulously wealthy owner Charles Howard, his famously silent and stubborn trainer Tom Smith, and the two hard-bitten, gifted jockeys who rode him to glory.