Albert Einstein is often credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is repeating the same behaviors and expecting a different outcome.” This begs the question: Are you repeating the same ha...
In less than two weeks, one of the biggest and best of the nation’s “boutique meets” will open, ushering in race fans for the 153rd year. Located in a throwback town of yesteryear called Saratog...
After a recent mile work in 1:39.60, all systems are a go for Dubai World Cup winner California Chrome. After his previous work, seven-eighths in 1:26.40, Sherman was not happy. He believed that Chrom...
Always a groomsman and never a groom. Those words describe the entirety of Firing Line’s short 2015 season. In fact, you could say they apply to nearly his entire career. The talented son of Line of...
When Martin Panza came to the New York Racing Association, he brought some innovative ideas with him. He was brought in to improve the NYRA racing product and restore New York racing to the clear lead...
Just more than a week after the father of Breeders’ Cup-winning trainer Maria Borell was arrested and charged with 43 counts of animal cruelty and the trainer herself was levied with the same charge...
It has been just over a month since American Cleopatra, full sister to Triple Crown Champion, American Pharoah walked into Bob Baffert’s barn. Since that time she has breezed three times, once going...
Eurico Rosa Da Silva is the current leading jockey at Woodbine this meet, and he’s quite possibly sitting on a double-digit odds longshot winner in 3-All On Red in the 157th running of the Queen’s...
In the past few months, I have gotten several e-mails from readers. And I have tried my best to answer every one of them, as well as incorporate some of the responses into articles. One recent e-m...
The Grade I Mother Goose tops the weekend stakes action, as Rachel’s Valentina has been installed as the 9-5 favorite against a field of six other 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park on Saturday. A d...