By Noel Michaels Two months in the record books at the Gulfstream Park and the best two months of the winter season still ahead — horse racing at this time of year doesn’t get any better than ...
By Noel Michaels Now that the calendar has flipped to February, we have truly entered the prime portion of the Gulfstream Park meet with racing elevating to its highest level of the year in South Flor...
By Noel Michaels The Oaklawn Park meet is off and running, and already key jockey and trainer trends have become clear one week into the season. Of course, the usual leaders, trainer Steve Asmussen an...
By Noel Michaels Some of the country’s top winter dirt racing is ready to return to the Midwest with the opening of the Oaklawn Park meet on Friday (Jan. 22). Oaklawn Park boasts big fields, strong ...
By Noel Michaels It’s Cal Cup Day at Santa Anita, with a quintet of stakes races for state breds on Saturday with purses ranging from $150,000 to $200,000. Among the races is California’s only Sun...
By Noel Michaels The first Kentucky Derby prep races of the season, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), are in the books. And with a small gap from now until the next round of prep races (the...
By Noel Michaels Nearly a month into the Gulfstream Park’s Champion’s Meet, it’s become apparent that the inside post(s) are performing exceptionally well – on dirt and on the turf. Horseplaye...
By Noel Michaels The year 2020 will go down as one of the strangest in thoroughbred racing, with no fans in attendance most of the year, many tracks closed for significant amounts of time, and a Tripl...
By Noel Michaels Gulfstream Park is the epicenter of horse racing during the winter months, and another exceptional and challenging South Florida has been underway over these past two weeks. As always...
By Noel Michaels Yes, the winter racing season is upon us, and the best winter race meet is ready to roll at Gulfstream Park, with the 2020-21 Champions meet opening Wednesday (Dec. 2). The Gulfstream...