War Emblem won the Derby in style, going off as a 20-to-1 shot and leading wire to wire. Two weeks later, in the Preakness, the “speed” horses were supposed to drain War Emblem like a cheap ...

The travails of War Emblem's stud career in Japan have been fairly well documented. Less realized, however, is that the results from his few representative runners have been extremely good, and ...

Riders were so determined to avoid such a fate in Saturday's race that the 2002 Derby was like no other. Nobody moved. Allowed to set a slow pace, War Emblem and jockey Victor Espinoza led all the ...

Hope continues to spring in abundance, if perhaps not eternally, at the Shadai Stallion Station in Japan that War Emblem will overcome his mysterious disdain for breeding.

The prospective lineup suggests that War Emblem, a four-length winner at Churchill Downs, will face a tougher test May 18 at Pimlico.

In his first workout since winning the Preakness, War Emblem was clocked in 1:003/5 for five furlongs Wednesday at Churchill Downs, where he will remain until three days before he tries to win the ...

Bob Baffert has already proclaimed War Emblem a "superhorse," and stopped just short of guaranteeing that his colt will become the first Triple Crown champion in nearly a quarter-century.

War Emblem's remarkable run for a Triple Crown ended shockingly Saturday, along with his trainer's hope to avenge two close calls, when the colt was beaten by long-shot Sarava in the Belmont ...

War Emblem makes his run for immortality on Saturday, taking on 10 challengers in trying to become thoroughbred racing’s 12th Triple Crown champion, and first to sweep the Derby, Preakness and ...

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