Thank you for voting for your favorite players on the Monster 2008 All-Star Game Online Ballot. We invite you to return to the ballot on MLB.com and vote up to twenty-five times. Your vote counts, and may help your favorite players get to the All-Star Game in New York. Voting ends on July 2, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. ET. >> Vote Again >> Shop 2008 All-Star Game gear and apparel Thank you, MLB.com As special thanks for your participation, please enjoy a two-week trial... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 19 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby The Horse Racing Poly Dirt Mystery As the preps for the Kentucky Derby dwindle down to a precious few, the one race that promises to provide the most consternation for handicappers arrived courtesy of California last weekend, coming in the form of Colonel John’s dramatic victory in the Santa Anita Derby. After winning the Sham while contesting a frigid pace, Colonel John changed his modus operandi and rallied... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 20 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Perfection + Potential = Kentucky Derby Winner? There is an unmistakable mystique that envelops the undefeated horse in the Kentucky Derby, the role in which the mercurial Big Brown is cast for the 134th running. The aura of perfection glows brightly in a world accustomed to and comfortable with an 80 percent rate of failure. When a 3-year-old thoroughbred arrives free of blemish in Kentucky in advance of the... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 21 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Horse Racing Final Exam With Pyro Already secure in their qualifications for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), Pyro and Cool Coal Man will cross paths for a final exam on Saturday in the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Race Course. Pyro, one of the leading Derby contenders coming into the year, has only enhanced his reputation with game victories in the Risen Star Stakes (G3... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 22 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Thoroughbred Horse Racing - Curlin + 1 Year = Z Fortune? One year after guiding Curlin to victory in Oaklawn Park's Arkansas Derby (G2), jockey Robby Albarado is approaching Saturday’s edition of the $1-million race with a different perspective. Albarado will ride Z Fortune for the first time in the 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-olds. Steve Asmussen trains Z Fortune and Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year and... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 23 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Horse Racing Film..."The First Saturday in May" Brad and John Hennegan love horse racing so much they quit their jobs to make a movie about it. For a year, the Hennegan brothers followed six horse trainers from different backgrounds but all with the same goal -- a spot in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Now, after snagging awards at film festivals and sponsorship from Churchill Downs, their independent film, "The First... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 24 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Horse Race Traffic and a Stumble Afleet Alex has a very strong performance in 2005 at the Preakness. Elected to move from the rail to the middle of track and ran into traffic. Disaster was averted out of the final turn, and then he pulled away down the stretch and took the wire. I have personally seen horses stumble out of the gate and go on to win, but have never seen a horse stumble late in the race and finish... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 25 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby That is Why They Call it a Horse Race The "top seeds" apparently used up all their good fortune in the NCAA basketball tournament, leaving nothing for the favorites in weekend Kentucky Derby prep races. In the semifinal round of Derby preps in California, Kentucky and Illinois, the favorites went down to defeat, clouding rather than clarifying the picture for the Run for the Roses, now just four weeks down the... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 26 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Thoroughbred Horse Racing and Wireless Although horse race handicapping and wagering on horse racing continues to be legal, other forms of online waging and gambling continue to have interpretation problems. Being able to police this multi-billion dollar industry is a problem that corrupt politicians will never be able to solve. Add wireless to wagering and you will undoubtedly cause those same politicians to... Read Full Story

Kentucky Derby Countdown: 27 Days Until May 3rd and the 134th Kentucky Derby Thoroughbred Horse Racing and Sharks Most players / horse race handicappers that go to the track are just feeding the sharks. Look and listen! Fact - The track can't lose. Only foolish players lose. Yes, It is foolish to risk your cash on bets that cannot possibly win. In every horse race there are horses entered that are there only to FILL the field. There are horses that are entered only for the workout or... Read Full Story