# \#horse-sports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/horse-sports/44.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Horse Racing: Will the New Thoroughbred Championship Series Replace the Triple Crown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148 "2026-08-22T04:26:06Z")
Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association on Monday announced a six-race championship series over a span of five months that includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and a $5 million prize p… --- ## [Horse racing odds Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-odds-q/1031273 "2026-07-03T02:13:48Z")
For those of you who spend time at the track, I am curious, what kind of mathematical model, let us say even crude model, do you use to sit and work out the probability of any possible result in a given upcoming race? We… --- ## [Kentucky Derby 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2026/1029616)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2026/1029616 "2026-06-11T07:33:10Z")
Right now, Renegade is the morning line favourite at 4/1. And he did do a great win in the Arkansas Derby, about a month ago, so should be ready to run. But his post position–Number 1, on the rail, will make it difficu… --- ## [Kentucky Derby 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2025/1017746)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2025/1017746 "2025-08-31T21:09:03Z")
Entries and morning lines are out on Equibase. See here: Looks like this one will be interesting, as there are only three that are single-digits on the morning line: 8 Journalism, m/l 3:1 18 Sovereignty, m/l 5:1 1… --- ## [Dressage/Horse Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dressage-horse-question/1004991)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dressage-horse-question/1004991 "2024-07-30T23:45:34Z")
I’m watching the Olympics, specifically these beautiful obviously well-trained horses. How are these horses transported over such long distances i.e. Japan to France? Air? Ocean? I have to assume the horses could be se… --- ## [Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155 "2024-05-24T03:35:56Z")
The video: Anyone watch it? --- ## [Flightline - a super horse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flightline-a-super-horse/971352)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flightline-a-super-horse/971352 "2022-11-05T22:54:15Z")
I don’t think the racehorse Flightline is getting much coverage - but he should. Although he never raced in any of the Triple Crown races and doesn’t race very often (only five races since debuting in April of 2021), th… --- ## [Do racehorses appreciate that they are racing (against other horses)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racehorses-appreciate-that-they-are-racing-against-other-horses/964178)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racehorses-appreciate-that-they-are-racing-against-other-horses/964178 "2022-08-01T20:44:47Z")
Racehorses clearly understand that the idea is for them to run fast, and they also can see that there are other horses alongside them which are doing the same thing. But do they understand that there is any significance … --- ## [Kentucky Derby 2022: won by longest shot in 109 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2022-won-by-longest-shot-in-109-years/964137)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-derby-2022-won-by-longest-shot-in-109-years/964137 "2022-05-16T17:49:14Z")
Crazy story: Rich Strike, the winning horse, only made it into the race on Friday morning when another entrant was scratched, and then came from the back of the pack in the last 40 seconds. The video below shows the incr… --- ## [Horse racing - Standardbreds vs Thoroughbreds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-standardbreds-vs-thoroughbreds/946189)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-standardbreds-vs-thoroughbreds/946189 "2021-07-11T12:22:55Z")
I’m familiar with “Standardbred” horses being used for harness racing (i.e.- the jockey is pulled in a sulky), and “Thoroughbred” horses running in traditional races (i.e.- the jockey rides the horse). Is any overlap all… --- ## [Horse racing - still viable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-still-viable/938682)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-still-viable/938682 "2021-04-11T05:59:36Z")
Here, in Montreal, our racetrack has sat abandoned for the last 10-15 years - waiting for development to be approved (the old parking lot is already full of a Wal-Mart and other big-box stores). I’m sure many others have… --- ## [Will horse racing survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-horse-racing-survive/851896)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-horse-racing-survive/851896 "2020-04-18T05:51:04Z")
Horse racing has been in decline for a very long time. It has long been surrounded by controversy and scandals, leading to people boycotting the sport. Most tracks near me have slowly been scaling back their race calen…