By Noel Michaels Two months in the record books at the Gulfstream Park and the best two months of the winter season still ahead — horse racing at this time of year doesn’t get any better than ...
By Margaret Ransom When it comes to retiring racehorses, it really isn’t hard or expensive. Increased awareness, industry funding, and non-profit organizations devoted to transitioning horses from r...
By Mike Farrell Now the serious 3-year-old business starts. Sure, we’ve had several prep races producing some very encouraging performances. It’s time to shunt the minor players to the wings. The ...
By Ray Wallin I have highlighted some outrageous horseplayer behavior in the first four parts of this series: When Good Horseplayers Go Bad Part 1 When Good Horseplayers Go Bad Part 2 When Good Horsep...
By Richard Rosenblatt A pair of Kentucky Derby prep races on Saturday have produced two new candidates for the Run for the Roses. Candy Man Rocket ($8.20) powered into the lead coming around the final...
By Margaret Ransom In years past, the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) was considered an important stop on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Even though 2016’s winner, Nyquist, went on to win the...
By Richard Rosenblatt For those who like to toss around names and numbers – and in horse racing who doesn’t? — consider these Triple Crown nuggets: Five of the nation’s most prominent trai...
By Ed McNamara Tampa sports franchises have been on a roll the past four months. The Lightning won the Stanley Cup, the Rays went to the World Series and the Bucs will be the first team to play for th...
Kentucky Oaks Prep: Las Virgenes Stakes In the weeks leading up to the 147th Kentucky Oaks (G1), US Racing looks back at some history of the prep races for 3-year-old fillies that offer qualifying poi...
As the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby rolls along, US Racing looks back at some history of many of the prep races that now offer qualifying points to Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 1. B...
