By John Furgele Yes, there’s the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands, but there’s a whole bunch of intriguing races on the undercard, too, highlighted by the $500,000 Hambletoni...
By Sean Morris To be inducted into the Hall of Fame in any sport not only requires tremendous skill; it also takes a good deal of luck. You must be associated with the right people at the right time a...
By Ray Wallin Everyone gets burned out at some point. Whether it is at work, at home, coaching your kid’s sports team, or making your living playing the races, no one is immune to burnout. What are ...
by Richard Rosenblatt Let’s try not to get too far ahead of ourselves, not with prominent Grade 1 races such as the Whitney Stakes coming up Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, and the Arlington Milli...
by John Furgele Like last week’s weather, things in harness racing are really heating up. Next Saturday —Aug. 3 — is Hambletonian Day at The Meadowlands. The noon ET post features 10 stakes race...
The $600,000 Jim Dandy (G2) at Saratoga Race Course takes center stage this weekend in the world of 3-year-olds, with Preakness (G1) winner War of Will and Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up Tacitus headli...
by Margaret Ransom A talented field of seven will square off in Sunday’s $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, the 2019 summer season’s second Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You...
by Margaret Ransom Saturday’s Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar marks the first of five Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” events of the summer meet. And that means one of the eigh...
by Ray Wallin You’ve noticed it. I am sure of it. If you’ve played the ponies at different racetracks you know what I mean. You see the same characters wherever you go. They may be older or younge...
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...