- SI Opens the Vault
Sports Illustrated has launched an amazing new online feature called SI Vault, which makes available 54 years of articles, photographs, and covers. Check out this incredible trove of horse racing materials. It's all there -- Julie Krone, "The Best Woman Jockey Ever"; Steve Cauthen, "Sportsman of the Year"; Secretariat; Ruffian; Kelso; the bizarre story of a Uruguayan ringer at Belmont; a photo spread on the grandes dames of racing; the nation's No. 1 Race Track Character; the story of why Derby and Preakness winner Majestic Prince skipped the Belmont; the 1959 opening of Aqueduct and the origins of NYRA; and so much more ...
- [Posted by JC March 20, 2008 10:45 PM]
I'm very excited you've already found these for me! They've really done a great job.
- Posted by: Superfecta at March 21, 2008 10:04 AMThank you for posting this! Now I can walk down memory lane and re-read all my favorite stories again as well as read the ones I missed!
- Posted by: Katie aka TripCrown73 at March 21, 2008 10:40 AMThat is fantastic news! It means I can read all of Gary Smith's articles! And waste even more time on the web than ever!
- Posted by: franjurga at March 21, 2008 12:44 PMThanks for sharing this find! OTM Al from PaceAdvantage forum posted link that led me here & to SI Vault.
I just looked up SI that got me interested in thoroughbred racing. Canonero II winning Kentucky Derby in May 1971. I had received gift subscription for my 15th birthday.
Thanks so much for sharing this treasury trove of thoroughbred racing and sports history.
- Posted by: dylbert at March 23, 2008 09:31 PM- ---
