American Pharoah, Triple Crown winning horse, comes out as gay
"I'm not a gay race horse. I'm a race horse that happens to be gay," the 3-year-old colt says.
By Jim Buzinski | June 10, 2015"I'm not a gay race horse. I'm a race horse that happens to be gay," the 3-year-old colt says.
By Jim Buzinski | June 10, 2015Lee Pearson again scores a successful Paralympic Games, this time in London.
By Cyd Zeigler | September 3, 2012The First Annual International Gay Polo Tournament was held near West Palm Beach, Florida, this past Saturday, and all reports point to a big success. Apparently, there were 20 players and 1,500 fans at the tournament, which is fantastic for an event like this. In the end, team Equestrian Life edged team Bluehorse, 4-3, in […]
By Cyd Zeigler | April 6, 2010Girl power was aiming to strike again at the Japan Cup yesterday evening. This is Japan's most prestigious horse race, and 100,000 fans packed the Tokyo stands to watch their popular favorite, the big black superfilly Vodka, make her 3rd try at beating the boyz. They call her the "Japanese Zenyatta." As with the Breeders […]
By Outsports Archives | November 29, 2009Today is the last day of racing at the storied racetrack built in a bean field in 1938 by movie mogul Jack Warner. A developer plans to raze the complex and build a low-income housing project and mall. Victim of the recession's impact on sports, Hollywood Park isn't going quietly. Noisy allegations are being made […]
By Outsports Archives | July 19, 2009Jim B. was joking with me the other day that I could post whatever I wanted to about the Olympics, but to lay off the pictures of British equestrians. Well, I never! Realizing that I knew squat about the equestrian competition, I took a poke around some websites and found out that, as I expected, […]
By Outsports Archives | July 28, 2008This horse has an awesome ability to accelerate. You could really see it in the overhead blimp shot of today’s Preakness. As the field turned for home, Kent Desormeaux asked him and he made like a top-fuel dragster, leaving the others struggling in his wake as he roared off down the lane. Over the last […]
By Outsports Archives | May 17, 2008I share Cyd’s feelings 110 percent. The emerging problem with race horses has been out there in plain sight since Ruffian’s heartbreaking death in 1975. Within the sport, some voices are demanding change… but so far not enough of them. But banning horse racing wouldn’t be the best answer. The problem is not owners and […]
By Outsports Archives | May 4, 2008“Triumph and tragedy” was how the commentators described this Derby day. Big Brown showed us, all right. With all the speed in the field, and his far-outside starting position, a bad start would have upped the ante for him. As it was, he had a perfect trip and won going away. After the gallop-out, he […]
By Outsports Archives | May 3, 2008No, guys, Big Brown is not a well-endowed UPS guy. He’s a current favorite among colts pointing at the Kentucky Derby, which is just a month away. But you might take your attention off KOTH for just a minute and catch a look at this spectacular hunk of horseflesh, because the buzz about him is […]
By Outsports Archives | March 31, 2008Some of the new year’s first big horse-racing action hit two tracks today with the Sunshine Millions series. Sponsors of this mini-Breeders Cup series must have had some pull with the California weather man, because our big Pacific storm cleared just enough today for the Santa Anita half of the races to be held. The […]
By Outsports Archives | January 26, 2008