A Dummy’s Guide to Betting the Derby

The Kentucky Derby has many fascinating aspects and things that make it oh so special. One of those things is certainly the speculation as to which runner will cross under the wire first. So how do you walk back to the betting window for collection after the greatest...

Keepin’ Up with the Joneses… Not!

Today’s society is often about trying to have more and bigger than the next guy. Keeping up with the Joneses is at the top of the list for more than just a few. But in the here and now of Thoroughbred horse racing and the Kentucky Derby, forget it because when you...

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...