Despite the impressive victory by Guest Suite in Saturday’s LeComte Stakes, little has changed in regard to the Kentucky Derby picture. As I documented in a column last week, only four previous Kent...
It’s official, folks: the planet is warming. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association released a report showing that 2016 was the hottest year ever and projections are showing 2017 to be eve...
US Racing members can get free Race Report Cards for this weekend’s action at Aqueduct, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Turfway Park. For more information and some background...
Though the California Derby at Golden Gate Fields doesn’t offer any points toward making the gate for the Kentucky Derby (GI), it has served as a prep for the El Camino Real Derby (GIII), as well as...
A field of 12 of the best Louisiana-based 3-year-olds is expected to head to the gate for Saturday’s $200,000 LeComte Stakes (GIII) at Fair Grounds, a one-mile-and-70-yard early Kentucky Derby (GI) ...
People always stop me in the streets to remind me that I am Ray Cotolo, teenage harness handicapper extraordinaire (their words), and not, as one guy called me, “Dweebs McGiggleface.” I usually th...
Of all the roads to the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May, the one that begins in the great state of Louisiana this weekend may be (but definitely wasn’t) what inspir...
No one could have predicted what happened at Aqueduct on the afternoon of Jan. 18, 2013. Poised to receive his third consecutive Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey the following day, Ramon Dominguez...
Uncontested has been made the 2-1 morning line favorite in Monday’s featured Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park, which kicked off its 2017 season on Friday. The one-mile race is Oaklawn’s f...
A few weeks ago, I looked at the jockeys most likely to win the 2017 Kentucky Derby. This week, I thought I’d present the odds on the trainers. Of course, the horses are always the most importa...
