Isabelle De Tomaso’s Irish War Cry showed that his dismal showing in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (GII) at Gulfstream Park was just an aberration, as he won Saturday’s Wood Memorial (GII) at Aqued...
Many horseplayers live by the rule of thumb that favorites win about 33 percent of the time for a 17 percent loss per wager. While not too far off the mark, you need to consider that there are ...
I arose from my bunker the other day to see how much more of the Matchmaker and Levy Series we have to deal with. Unfortunately, as a real life version of the Monopoly Man held me off the ground, I sa...
A nearly full field of 13 sophomores will head postward in the 81st running of the Santa Anita Derby (GI), which has been carded as Saturday’s eighth race at the Great Race Place and will go off at ...
It’s been 17 years since a Wood Memorial Stakes (GII) winner went on to win the Kentucky Derby (GI) (Fusaichi Pegasus) and before that there was a 19-year gap. This year, Irish War Cry and Mo Town w...
During my first career as a commercial banker in Southern California, I had the great pleasure to finance a Santa Monica Mexican-food restaurant for a kind and colorful man. In the banking industry,...
Although the field is short, Keeneland’s Kentucky Derby prep race boasts the deepest lineup of talent since the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last November. The Toyota Blue Grass Stakes — the premier r...
There is an unwritten commandment in thoroughbred horse racing: thou shall not question the trainer — ever. Of course, it is a commandment that I have broken — a lot — because I feel that good h...
The connections of Always Dreaming, State of Honor and Gunnevera – the top three finishers in Gulfstream Park’s Grade 1 Xpressbet Florida Derby – have confirmed that their horses will run next i...
“Breezing” or “breezed” indicates the horse was not under strong urging. “Handily” indicates the horse was under urging from its rider. Numbers in parentheses represent the ranking among o...
