By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Sa...
By Ed McNamara Playing the horses is a game of the day, with races over in the time it takes to brush your teeth. The entire Triple Crown doesn’t even last 6 1/2 minutes, and a place in history ...
By Ray Wallin Schadenfreude. No, it is not the new model that Volkswagen is releasing next year. It’s far from “Farfegnugen,” which is the German word for driving enjoyment, which was a VW marke...
By Richard Rosenblatt Five weeks after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Breeders’ Cup history, Order of Australia was primed for an encore performance in Hong Kong. More than 8,000 miles awa...
By Mike Farrell Give the race office at Aqueduct credit for gamely trying to keep the New York turf season alive, carding grass races through this weekend. In all likelihood, that will be the conclusi...
By Richard Rosenblatt Through the pandemic, quarantines, strict health and safety protocols, scheduling changes, and empty grandstands, the sport of thoroughbred racing was able to carry on and create...
By Ray Wallin As horseplayers, we like to root for the underdog. We live for upsets since they usually pay better than the 1-5 favorite cruising home for fun. Sometimes even crusty old guys who make t...
By Richard Rosenblatt It rained all day at the Big A. The track was a sloppy mess. There were no spectators, only a few essential workers. For Kendrick Carmouche, a dreary Saturday (Dec. 5) at Aqueduc...
By Richard Rosenblatt Over the summer, on Aug. 1 to be precise, one of the bigger upsets of the year took place at Saratoga Race Course, also known as the ‘’Graveyard of Champions.’’ On that s...
By Margaret Ransom Live racing in Southern California moves to Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County on Friday (Dec. 4) with an eight-race thoroughbred card, which gets underway at 1 p.m. PT. Th...
