By John Furgele Skimming can be dangerous and it’s easy to tell when people elect to skim rather than read. On Facebook, I’ll post a thought, and will get several reactions. A full-length column g...
By Ray Wallin Whether you are a causal horseplayer or you make your living playing the races, it is only natural to root for your horse. When he wins it is OK to celebrate a bit, with moderation of co...
By Lynne Snierson Virginia is for lovers, and the commonwealth’s thoroughbred horsemen are enthralled with the renaissance of Colonial Downs and the return of live racing after a six-year absence. â...
By Ray Wallin There are a lot of characters you find at the track. Many people blend in with the thousands of other track patrons on any given day, from the casual fan to those who are making their li...
Saturday was hot. Excessively hot. I was a mere four miles away from Monmouth Park coaching my kid’s rugby team earlier in the morning. It was already hot when we arrived at the Fair Haven Soccer Fi...
by Richard Rosenblatt The week began where the Surf meets the Turf, with the opening of Del Mar. By Sunday, after unbeaten Guarana won the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga Race Co...
by Mike Farell To race, or not to race, that is the question facing Monmouth Park Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to cancel Haskell Day Or suffer the potential slings and arrows of outrageous fo...
by Richard Rosenblatt No doubt that most thoroughbred racetrack officials on the hot seat this weekend have done the right thing by canceling Saturday’s races due to extreme heat forecast to top 100...
The heat is on horse racing in more ways than one. With temperatures and heat indexes forecast to soar well over 100 degrees along the Northeast, into the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley regions, vir...
Kentucky Derby winner Country House won’t be running in the 52nd edition of the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Saturday, but the horse that crossed the finish line first in the Run for the Roses...
