Loyalties of sports fans are enduring. Most, if not all, root for the same team their entire lives. My grandfather was always a Philadelphia Phillies fan. He grew up hating that the Athletics had the ...
Top winter dirt racing is ready to return to the Midwest with the opening of the Oaklawn Park meet on Friday, Jan. 12. Freezing temperatures will mean a slow start to the season in January, but we can...
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...
Oaklawn Park near Hot Springs, Arkansas, kicks off its 114th live racing season on Friday with a nine-race card and a special post time of 12:30 p.m. CT. This year, the meet will be contested over 57 ...
In addition to the Race of the Week, the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park, Saturday features a number of other great betting opportunities. And while my computerized rapid race triage didn’t turn up ...
By now, the ball has dropped and the hangover should be gone. You have made resolutions that you have every intention of keeping. You have posted on Facebook “New year, new me!” Chances are you wi...
Once, on a beach in Seattle — yeah, they actually have beaches there… or at least they used to, they might all be Starbucks now — I tried to enjoy a day in the sun. I say “tried” because, as...
Santa Anita is one of the country’s premier annual winter race meets, offering big purses and high-quality racing on both its turf course and its dirt main track. In fact, the Santa Anita winter mee...
The last time I offered some of my computer-generated spot plays, on Dec. 16, I was bailed out from going zip-for-four with a nice exacta in the sixth race at Remington Park, where I keyed 20-1 shot E...
I’ve often stated that wagering against heavy favorites in negative pool situations is one of the best betting opportunities in horse racing. And there may be just such an opportunity in the New Yor...