Tag: Horse racing
The secret Latin American history of the Kentucky Derby
E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, University of South Carolina
This Triple Crown season, which opens on May 4 with the Kentucky Derby, horses with Latin American bloodlines...
Can Seabiscuit’s DNA explain his elite racing ability?
Steven Tammariello, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Seabiscuit was not an impressive-looking horse. He was considered quite lazy, preferring to eat and sleep...
Touch forms the foundation of the powerful human-horse relationship
Keri Brandt Off, Fort Lewis College
Two recent films, “Lean on Pete” and “The Rider,” explore the transformative quality of human-horse relationships. Both films...
From the Middle East to the Kentucky Derby, the mint julep...
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
The Kentucky Derby is about more than horses and hats. It’s also where one of the South’s favorite cocktails –...
How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby
Katherine Mooney, Florida State University
When the horses enter the gate for the 143rd Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Louisiana, Mexico,...
Are the high-rolling quants of horse racing our friends or foes?
Alexander Munk, University of Michigan and Erhan Bayraktar, University of Michigan
From Wall Street to politics, quantitative analysts (or quants) are revolutionizing much of the...