Lose weight. Eat healthy. Sleep more. Get a better job. End unhealthy relationships. Learn to speak Latin. This year is going to be different. You are going to stick to your New Year’s resolutions, ...
The Fair Grounds has long been one of the best fall-winter race meets in the country, yet it is often overlooked on a winter wagering landscape that includes other, more high-profile tracks. Neverth...
Horseracing fans get the gift they really want—albeit one day late — every year when the SoCal winter racing season celebrates its traditional official opening day on Dec. 26. That date annually k...
Since Thanksgiving has passed, I am trying to get myself into the holiday spirit. Stores have been decorated since at least Halloween and some of my friends were hanging their outdoor lights before da...
Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 82nd time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California ...
Apparently there’s a debate raging in regard to who should be named Horse of the Year — Justify or Accelerate. Proponents of the former point to the colt’s undefeated record and Triple Crown swe...
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has announced its leaner and meaner winter/spring racing and stakes schedule for 2019 at Aqueduct, with racing scheduled 3-4 days a week throughout the season un...
It is well chronicled that horse racing — Standardbred and thoroughbred — has been struggling in the state of New Jersey. Without “racino” revenues to boost purses, racing has suffered at Monm...
Several years ago, I revisited and revamped the work of one of my early handicapping heroes, William L. Scott. And the results were… well, awful. However, I still believe that Scott’s seminal work...
Newcomers to thoroughbred horse racing are often overwhelmed by the vast amounts of information thrown at them like an Aroldis Chapman fastball. Class, weight, lengths, prices — and that’s just bu...
