Mine that Bird a Dream Dog to Chip Woolley

It was just four years ago that the impossible became a reality in the world’s most famous Thoroughbred horse race. A little known runner shocked the world as a 50-1 underdog that won the Kentucky Derby in convincing fashion. And for one man it was a day he will never...

How I Knew Shackleford Would Go Out a Winner

Thoroughbred horse racing has many fine attributes, but one of the greatest is the fan’s chance to be a part of the game through handicapping. Of course most horseplayers have a strategy of some sort. Some conventionally calculating, others a gut-type feeling thing....

Sports Brew Runs with the Best

As part of our continuing effort to provide a nice alternative for your reading pleasure, The Rutherford Reader has taken great pride in the works of our very own sports writer Danny Brewer. Having a penchant for the ponies, the Sports Brew has focused diligently on...