Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, of course, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest horses that are read...
For the past five months, like just about everyone else whose life and livelihood is entrenched in horse racing, I have watched horses at Santa Anita in California die in record numbers and the owners...
by Ray Wallin After the controversary and history made in the Kentucky Derby with the highest win payout since 1913 and the first race-day disqualification of Maximum Security, plus an exciting Preakn...
by Noel Michaels Notwithstanding the victory in 2018 of Triple Crown winner Justify, the Belmont Stakes truly is one of the great unheralded graveyards for favorites in all of horseracing. It has beco...
by Derek Simon Mere moments after Tonalist thwarted California Chrome’s quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion in thoroughbred racing history, Steve Coburn, one of the colt’s owners, blas...
by Richard Rosenblatt Don’t let the big guy fool you. That guy would be crafty trainer Dale Romans, who somehow, some way, seems to come up with a surprise entry in a big-time race and collect a who...
With all the hubbub in thoroughbred racing focused on the upcoming Triple Crown, it can be easy to overlook that, at the same time horseplayers are concentrating on the Kentucky Derby, the new season ...
Justify, who became the 13th Triple Crown winner when he captured the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 9 at Belmont Park, is scheduled to return to Churchill Downs Barn 33 on the afternoon of June 11 an...
There was a good reason why there were only 12. Since Sir Barton in 1919 became the first winner of the three races now known as horse racing’s Triple Crown — the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Sta...
Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest for horses that are ready to de...