By Ed McNamara In a heartbreaking year in which COVID-19 overwhelmed us, horse racing soldiered on. Despite track shutdowns, scrambled schedules and empty stands, the sport provided a desperately need...
Bettor’s Guide to Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Races By Noel Michaels Day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup is perhaps the best day of the year for horseracing and wagering, with the nine championship races ...
Breeders’ Cup Odds: Sizing Up the Turf Races By Ed McNamara I’ve known my English pal Neil Morrice for 27 years, and we’ve had many adventures at Royal Ascot, Cheltenham, the Kentucky De...
Breeders’ Cup Draw: Baffert’s Classic Trio Draw Outside Posts 8-9-10; Improbable 5-2 Favorite; Swiss Skydiver Going in Distaff By Richard Rosenblatt A little more drama was added to the Breeders...
Breeders’ Cup Brings Racing World Together Amid Pandemic By Ed McNamara Fear of being around others, anxiety about the air we breathe. Isolation, illness and much death — The New Abnormal in the y...
By Ed McNamara He’s a workaholic perfectionist, a family guy who doesn’t drink but whose horsemanship inspires countless champagne toasts. The unfailingly polite Irishman looks and acts li...
Arlington’s International Festival of Racing is set to be contested on Saturday, Aug. 11. Headlined by the 36th running of the Arlington Million (G1), along with the Beverly D. (G1) and the Secretar...
The last two runnings of the Sword Dancer Stakes (G1) were won by the former European star Flintshire; this year, Idaho and Erupt will try to add their names to the list of overseas shippers that have...
Magnier, Tabor and Smith’s Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (GI) hero Highland Reel, who may be the most well-traveled racehorse in the world, having been to America, the Far East and Australia, return...
Of the six races set for Royal Ascot on Thursday, the about 2 ½-mile Gold Cup (GI) is the main attraction and, in the race, which used to be known as the “Ascot Gold Cup” but was renamed to just ...
