Ten-year-old Keystone Velocity, the 2017 Levy Memorial winner is also the 2018 Levy winner. And, despite the presence of eight excellent horses, he made things look easy, winning in 1:52 over the ha...
A new era is about to begin north of the 48th — to translate, that means north of the United States, in the country called Canada. For 24 years, venerable Woodbine Racetrack hosted both thoroughbr...
The Meadowlands remains the harness racing’s leader in handle. No track handles more money than the Big M. We all know why — the one-mile oval and, for the most part, solid and fair racing. ...
Unlike thoroughbred racing, harness racing — with the exception of Cal Expo — is generally limited to the Northeast, East Coast and Midwest. We have lots of tracks in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvani...
It is February, regarded as the worst sports month of the year. The Super Bowl has been played and, this year, there is a diversion with the Olympics, but that only happens every four years. In short,...
When you think of harness racing, Hawthorne Racecourse doesn’t roll off the tongue. In fact, when I think of Hawthorne, I think Illinois Derby, the 1 1/8 mile thoroughbred race in late April that of...
Buffalo Raceway is back and ready to go. Last July, a freak tornado hit the Hamburg, New York area and the racetrack and, in particular, the press box, suffered serious damage, enough to cancel the fi...
Yonkers Raceway. Those two words elicit many responses from many people. Some like it, some hate it. Some enjoy betting there, others don’t even try. Why is this the case? Why is Yonkers treated dif...
When you visit a thoroughbred racetrack, there is a lot of variety. There are turf races, inner turf races and dirt races that can range from 5 furlongs to 1 ½ miles or longer. There truly is som...
The Meadowlands had 91 days of racing last year; in 2018, it will have 90. On the surface, that looks about the same, but there have been some changes. Gone, for the most part, are three-day racing we...