By Ed McNamara Bobby Frankel was a hard-edged guy who didn’t hand out compliments casually. So when he touted an obscure young rider from the Dominican Republic, jockey agent Ron Anderson paid a...
By Margaret Ransom A talent-filled opening day program on Saturday at Santa Anita Park will help usher out a year of horse racing that has been unpredictable, turbulent and downright implausible, and ...
By Mike Farrell Racing is always more fun and infinitely more interesting when Michael Dickinson, the “Mad Genius” is back in action. Dickinson, a man of unshakeable conviction and strong opinion,...
Kentucky Derby Betting Prep Races: Since first contested in 1982, the El Camino Real Derby has endured its share of challenges, but it has still managed to remain a strong West Coast-based prep for th...
by John Furgele “There’s a strong left-handed whip by Pincay, he goes to it time and time again, but Ronnie Turcotte has his whip put away and Secretariat has it put away.” — Call of the 1973 ...
Golden Gate Fields Race 4 Although the Race Rating is only 36 percent—below the 50 percent minimum that I like to see — this race is interesting to me due to three horses: 1-Fabriana, 2-Queenoft...
Though the California Derby at Golden Gate Fields doesn’t offer any points toward making the gate for the Kentucky Derby (GI), it has served as a prep for the El Camino Real Derby (GIII), as well as...
