by Margaret Ransom For the past five months, like just about everyone else whose life and livelihood is entrenched in horse racing, I have watched horses at Santa Anita in California die in record num...
by Ray Wallin After the controversary and history made in the Kentucky Derby with the highest win payout since 1913 and the first race-day disqualification of Maximum Security, plus an exciting Preakn...
by Noel Michaels Notwithstanding the victory in 2018 of Triple Crown winner Justify, the Belmont Stakes truly is one of the great unheralded graveyards for favorites in all of horseracing. It has beco...
by John Furgele They say they’re going to keep it open and state law says that they have to, but what is the future of Monticello Raceway, a track that has hosted daytime harness racing since 1958? ...
by Richard Rosenblatt So you’re not too excited about the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) because there’s no Triple Crown on the line? So you don’t really care about the race because ne...
by Ray Wallin One of the popular phrases we’ve all heard is that “there are no limits.” A simple web search yields that the following things have no limits — churches, love, the outdoors, trav...
by Derek Simon Mere moments after Tonalist thwarted California Chrome’s quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion in thoroughbred racing history, Steve Coburn, one of the colt’s owners, blas...
by Richard Rosenblatt Don’t let the big guy fool you. That guy would be crafty trainer Dale Romans, who somehow, some way, seems to come up with a surprise entry in a big-time race and collect a who...
by Noel Michaels The Haskell Invitational is two months away, but drama is already building for the upcoming headline event of the recently opened Monmouth Park race meet. Now that the Preakness is i...
by John Furgele The narrative is already in play that War of Will’s Preakness win justifies the DQ of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. Many now feel that had War of Will not been impeded with...