Articles tagged as Horse Racing | Smithsonian Magazine

In this interview, Steve Twomey, author of "Barbaro's Legacy," discusses how interest in the horse extends outside the racetrack

March 31, 2007

Before the American Revolution, no Thoroughbred did more for racing's growing popularity than a plucky mare named Selima

John Eisenberg

August 2004

Laura Hillenbrand beat the odds to write the hit horse-racing saga while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome, a disorder starting to reveal its secrets

Larry Katzenstein

December 2002

Pageantry, passion and intrigue are all on display in the no-holds-barred, bareback horse race run twice each summer in the medieval city of Siena

Smithsonian magazine

August 2002