The 2018 National Football League (regular) season is upon us. Sure, pulling weeds this summer was quite exciting, but nothing can quite fill the void left by the NFL’s hiatus. I admit that, at time...
Over the years, I’ve gotten quite a few inquiries about fair odds lines — mainly, how does a horseplayer go about making one and what are they good for? Let’s kick off the discussion with the l...
The Lake Placid Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies on the turf — which is officially rated as “soft” at press time — and the Alabama Stakes (G1) for sophomore fillies on the dirt run as the ei...
Saturday’s Del Mar feature races are the Del Mar Handicap, a 1 3/8-mile turf affair for older horses, and the Del Mar Oaks, a 1 1/8-mile turf event for sophomore fillies. Both offer full fields ...
Whenever I attempt to explain how to measure class in a racehorse, I am reminded of that old Julia Sweeney character on Saturday Night Live. Although, I never found the skits featuring “Pat” to be...
In 1981, Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known to the world as John Denver, recorded a song called Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone). Released in 1981, the song peaked at number 10 on the Bil...
Diversify and Mind Your Biscuits headline a field of eight in Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile, $1.2 million Whitney (GI) at Saratoga Race Course, with the winner receiving an automatic berth into the $6 milli...
A race-by-race look at Triple Crown champion Justify’s brilliant, albeit short, career, with video footage from his wins in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
Yesterday, I published a piece by my colleague Michael Cox entitled “Does Triple Crown Winner Justify Have a Weight Problem?” Right after I posted it, I sent Michael the following message: I think...
Racing’s summer hot spots — Del Mar and Saratoga — are now up and running and both have great races slated for this weekend, including Sunday’s Coaching Club American Oaks (GI) at Saratoga, wh...
