Grover G. Delp

As Flightline and Dr. Schivel get set to do battle in a most intriguing edition of the Malibu Stakes, it got me thinking about all the great horses t...

“You never make excuses for great horses.” That’s what the late Johnny Campo, trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pleasant Colony, sa...

Spectacular Bid (Bold Bidder x Spectacular by Promised Land) is without a doubt one of the greatest equines to ever set foot on a racetrack. He won 2...

The date was September 19, 1980. The United States was about to elect a former actor as the Commander-in-Chief, and in the world of thoroughbred horse...

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to ride horses with a Derby winning jockey, but that has been my good fortune this week. Ron Franklin has b...

June 18, 1979 Since Sir Barton first won the Triple Crown of American Thoroughbred racing in 1919, eight horses have captured the Kentucky Derby and t...

May 28, 1979 After waltzing off with the Preakness in near-record time, Spectacular Bid should have a real ball at Belmont, where a victory in that st...

Spectacular Bid and his 19-year-old jockey, Ronnie Franklin, confounded the critics with a come-from-behind win in the Kentucky Derby