By Mike Farrell The Road to the 2022 Triple Crown detours from the usual venues Friday night to Oklahoma City for the $400,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park. It’s the only major 2-year-old stak...
By Mike Farrell Art Sherman, as classy an individual as you will ever meet in horse racing, will soon saddle his final runner. Sherman recently announced his retirement, ending an amazing run as a joc...
By Mike Farrell The long and winding road that is the New York Racing Association’s 2021 graded stakes schedule concludes Saturday with a quartet of races topped by the Cigar Mile (G1). The card als...
By Mike Farrell Thanksgiving is here again, that time when we pause to acknowledge our many blessings. There are multiple reasons for racing fans to reflect on this past season. We can all give thanks...
By Mike Farrell The Breeders’ Cup turned the Juvenile Turf (G1) into the proverbial “dog’s breakfast” with the clumsy handling of the scratch of Modern Games. There has already been a mountain...
By Mike Farrell It was a wild and wacky Breeders’ Cup. It’s all over except for the counting, as in the Eclipse Awards. One of the founders’ goals for the Breeders’ Cup was the...
By Mike Farrell Jim McKay, the legendary host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports and a lover of thoroughbred racing, returned from the inaugural Breeders’ Cup in 1984 with a thought that would not let ...
By Mike Farrell And then, there was only one. The “One” is the final remaining Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifier before the season-ending championships next month at Del Mar. Tha...
By Mike Farrell “Better late than never” applies as Keeneland, the historic racetrack in the heart of horse country, opens its brief fall meet on Friday. Keeneland arrives late to the Breeders’ ...
By Mike Farrell Time does fly, and it will be October when the weekend arrives. Time to punch those tickets to the Breeders’ Cup, especially for promising 2-year-olds. There are nine Breeders’ Cup...
