By John Furgele One race was full of drama, the other lacked it as the Meadowlands hosted the $250,000 Graduate Series finals for pacers and trotters. First up were the pacers and the field of 10 was ...
By Richard Rosenblatt So long Belmont Park. It’s been a short and sweet Keeneland. Happy opening weekend Del Mar, and we’re looking forward to a full 40-day meet at Saratoga. In a week that reveal...
By Lynne Snierson Abel Cedillo jumped into the deep end of the pool by uprooting his family and moving his tack from the Northern California circuit, where he was a fixture for 10 years and leading ri...
By Richard Rosenblatt Art Collector came through with a masterpiece in the $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Saturday, rolling past the filly Swiss Skydiver near the eighth-pole a...
By Richard Rosenblatt War of Will back in the winner’s circle … The Haskell is coming, the Haskell is coming … The Brad and Flo show at Indiana Grand … Belmont’s closing weekend … Tiz ...
By Margaret Ransom Peter Callaghan’s multiple Grade 2-winning filly Swiss Skydiver was among the 13 names dropped into Keeneland’s entry box for Saturday’s $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2)...
By Mike Farrell The ways and wiles of the graded stakes committee are sometimes inscrutable to mere mortals. The rationale for some races holding exalted positions with others suffering ignominious do...
By Noel Michaels It’s summer in Southern California, and for horseplayers that can only mean one thing: Del Mar is here! The summer Del Mar season opens early on Friday (July 10) and will usher in C...
By Ed McNamara The slogan is “Racing as It Was Meant to Be,” and on a chilly April morning or a warm October afternoon, there’s no better place in the world for a racing fan. Even though none ar...
By John Furgele The rivalry between Atlanta and Manchego is becoming more and more intriguing in the harness racing world, with last weekend’s showdown in the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Trot at the M...
