Triple Crown hopefuls in Louisiana make their first steps down the famous trail toward the Kentucky Derby (GI) on Monday with the $200,000 LeComte Stakes (GIII) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The rac...
If there’s one thing that gets my pulse racing more than anything else it’s watching a horse I wagered on win at juicy odds. Some bettors — just a handful judging by the price — probably exper...
Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 82nd time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California ...
The long, cold winter at Aqueduct will formally begin after the “official” sign goes up for Saturday’s running of the Cigar Mile — the last graded stakes race to be run in New York this calend...
In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (my wife claims she’s only trying to help), I often...
For many horseplayers and handicappers, the approaching winter racing season means Florida and Southern California racing is soon to come, as the best racing of the season migrates away from cold-weat...
In a year with a rare Triple Crown winner, Hronis Racing’s Accelerate made his own case for Horse of the Year with a one-length victory in the 35th running of the $5,358,000 million Breeders’ Cup ...
The Breeders’ Cup is upon us and the US Racing team has been busy taking in all the sights at Churchill Downs — from schooling drills, to morning gallops and workouts, to horses lounging comfo...
Considering you don’t get paid any more for early selections, I’ll never quite understand why people, media, and professional handicappers included, make picks prior to a race being drawn. Post po...
The names of the 19 jockeys who have won the 23 editions of the Dubai World Cup is a virtual list of the most elite in the sport of horseracing globally for the past two decades — from champions in ...