By Margaret Ransom A talent-filled opening day program on Saturday at Santa Anita Park will help usher out a year of horse racing that has been unpredictable, turbulent and downright implausible, and ...
By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Sa...
By Margaret Ransom Live racing in Southern California moves to Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County on Friday (Dec. 4) with an eight-race thoroughbred card, which gets underway at 1 p.m. PT. Th...
By Margaret Ransom The $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) has been a showcase for East Coast-based trainers in recent years, and Saturday’s edition has another strong contingent looking to continue the t...
By Margaret Ransom Dismissed at 11-1 odds a year ago in the Hollywood Turf Cup (G2), Oscar Dominguez came through for his backers with a neck victory over even-money favorite United and returned $24.2...
By Margaret Ransom Closing weekend at Del Mar will be packed with stakes races from start to finish, beginning with the $100,000 Red Carpet Stakes (G3) on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26). The seventh runni...
By Margaret Ransom For apprentice jockey Kody Kellenberger, this year’s Fair Grounds meeting is a bit of a case of finally finishing what he started. Eight months ago, during the waning weeks of the...
Home on the Range: Texas-bred Tizm retires to his Birthplace By Margaret Ransom Texas-based veterinarian Dr. Jaqueline Rich keeps close tabs on the horses she’s been responsible for bringing into th...
Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile: Complexity is Simple Choice as Favorite By Margaret Ransom Yes, it’s the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), but it may be a tad longer than 5,280 feet because of t...
By Margaret Ransom Texas-based veterinarian Dr. Jaqueline Rich keeps close tabs on the horses she’s been responsible for bringing into the world. Her always busy cell phone gets some added activity ...