Winner of the first Epsom Derby in 1780 was Diomed, counted the best race horse in England after winning his first 10 starts at 3 and 4, but discounted as a stallion, and shipped off to Virginia at ...
A hometown hero was celebrated, then immediately fell from grace, in the summer of 1973. That August, 14-year-old Jimmy Gronen won the 36th annual All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. His ...
Retired jockey Ron Turcotte, remembered for riding Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown during a Hall of Fame career, died of natural causes Aug. 22 in his Drummond home outside Grand Falls, New ...