By Richard Rosenblatt Six, count ‘em. Two at Churchill Downs. One at Belmont Park. And three at Woodbine Racetrack. The final push to the 38th Breeders’ Cup – now seven weeks away on Nov. 5-6 at...
By Noel Michaels It’s a short but sweet 12-day racing meet at Churchill Downs, with Saturday’s 11-race card including the first points-qualifying races for the 2022 Kentucky Derby and Oaks and a f...
By Ed McNamara Saratoga is all about having fun unless you’re there to work. For trainers, jockeys and backstretch people, the year’s best meeting isn’t an endless party, it’s ...
With Week 2 of the NFL season upon us in a 17-game regular season, usracing.com is kicking off its inaugural NFL betting column authored by award-winning sports writer Ira Kaufman. A former columnist ...
By Ray Wallin My older teenage son is an eclectic movie buff. While he loves the current mainstream movies, he has affection for some of the classics and obscure directors. One night over a family din...
By Mike Farrell The squirrels in the Northeast are frenzied as the mature acorns come showering down and the first wave of leaves are off the trees. Fall is just around the corner, as any racing fan c...
By Richard Rosenblatt Once again, Mike Maker is loaded for the $1 million Calumet Turf Cup (G2) at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, with no less than four runners in a field of 12 going 1 ½ miles. Even wi...
By Noel Michaels New York racing returns downstate for the Belmont Park Fall Championship Meet, which, as usual, offers top-notch racing from late summer to early fall. It’s also called the “Champ...
By Ed McNamara The racecourses of Europe come in all shapes and sizes, and Kentucky Downs would be a perfect fit there. In the United States, there’s nothing like it. From the air, its 1 5/16-mi...
By Richard Rosenblatt Bravo, Luis Saez! The popular Panamanian has been among the top 10 jockeys over the past five years nationally, he’s finally moved to the head of the class by winning his first...
