Over the past five years, the winner of the Woodbine Mile has gone on to capture the Breeders’ Cup Mile twice. Granted, both times the name of the dual champion was Wise Dan, but I don’t think man...
Although it’s a Grade I race with a $300,000 purse, Saturday’s Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine doesn’t have a rich history of producing Breeders’ Cup Turf champions. In fact, it has no...
There is a quote, attributed to the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, that goes: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Horse ...
With the inconsistency that we have seen this year from the current 3-year-old crop and older horse division, I have been paying a bit more attention to the 2-year-old crop than usual. I love finding ...
I think jockeys are among the gutsiest and toughest athletes on the planet, so I make it a point not to engage in bashing. In fact, I’m amused by folks who call professional athletes “wimps” or ...
As many racing fans know, Kentucky Downs is a very unique racetrack. To begin with, it was initially called “Dueling Grounds” in recognition of the duels that once took place on the premises (for ...
The winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity hasn’t visited the Kentucky Derby winner’s circle since Spend A Buck in 1985, yet, to me, the race is always illustrative of the challenge that juve...
Yonkers Raceway had a spectacular racing card last Saturday, as the Yonkers Trot, Messenger Stakes, Lady Maud and Hudson Trot were contested. Those races offered a combined total of over $1.2 million ...
New York racing once again moves downstate for the start of the Belmont Park Fall Championship Meet, which runs from Friday, Sept. 8 to October 29. Following Saratoga, there are few race meets on th...
Ask any horse racing fan to list their favorite horses and they can probably rattle off half a dozen before catching a breath. Ask that same fan to list people in the game dealing with substance abuse...
