John Cook came to Nebraska from Wisconsin to join Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit as an assistant coach with the ...

Bloodstock agent Steven Young purchased Withers Stakes winner at auction for $410,000 after the colt finished sixth in his ...

When the New England Patriots selected Cole Strange in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, it was a move that stunned much ...

St. Elias Stable’s Captain Cook picked up 20 qualifying points on the 2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series ...

Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. sat in his Belmont Park office Feb. 2 still basking in the glow of his newly-minted stakes-winner ...

Trainer Rick Dutrow was impressed by the performance of his Withers winner, who could be joined by Thorpedo Anna's half ...

St. Elias Stable's Captain Cook (Practical Joke), winner of Saturday's Withers Stakes at the Big A, is expected to make his next start in the GII Wood Memorial Apr. 5, according to trainer Rick Dutrow ...

NEW YORK — Captain Cook won the $250,000 Withers by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Saturday, putting the 3-year-old colt ...

Practical Joke colt went from maiden winner to stakes winner and earned 20 qualifying points toward eligibility for the Kentucky Derby ...

TDN Rising Star' Captain Cook (Practical Joke), a 9 1/4-length maiden winner going seven furlongs in the Aqueduct slop Dec. 28, delivered as the 7-5 favorite stretching to 1 1/8 miles in Saturday's ...

Captain Cook, who hopped on the classic trail by virtue of a victory in the $250,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct on Saturday, already has a number of connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1).

We all knew this was going to happen eventually. After all, John Cook is 68. But, still, the news Wednesday registered as a shock, writes Amie Just.