If this seems like a Weekend Wrap of a year ago or so, it should. Sistercharlie, the 2018 Eclipse Award winner as champion older mare, returned to the races after an eight-month layoff and won the $50...
Chad Brown is off and running at Saratoga Race Course – at least his horses are. The three-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer is back at his home track (OK, so it’s about 15 miles from his hometow...
The $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) returns to be contested for the sixth time at the northern Orange County racetrack after spending four decades known as the Swaps Stakes at the now defunct Hollywo...
by John Furgele Thoroughbred racing’s Summer Swing is on: it’s opening day on Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in historic Saratoga Springs, New York, and six days later the gates spring open at D...
It’s the date that changed the sport of harness racing: September 1, 1976. Emerging from the swamps of Jersey was the Meadowlands Racetrack, and on that day it hosted racing for the first time. Its ...
There’s an old joke about a horseplayer who made it to heaven, where he was greeted at the pearly gates by St. Peter and given a tour of paradise. “Well, what do you think?” asked St. Peter. “...
Versatility is a prized asset in a racehorse. Very few runners can seamlessly shift from turf to dirt, and back again. For Catholic Boy, any surface will do just fine. That versatility makes him the h...
by John Furgele On Monday July 1, Yonkers Raceway hosted a 12-race card. That is not news, but what did catch my eye was race 8, run for a purse of $18,500. It wasn’t because of the conditions – ...
by Mike Farrell Before all those Saratoga trunks are packed and shipped north, there is one final weekend of racing at Belmont Park. And it’s a doozy, topped by the start of the Turf Triple on S...
Tom Durkin. Trevor Denman. Dave Johnson. Chic Anderson. Larry Collmus. These are just a handful of names that represent some of the most famous voices we’ve all been privileged to hear calling races...