Beholder is fast. Beholder is brilliant. Beholder is a winning machine. Beholder is in a class of her own. For the last several years, those thoughts ran through the minds of many a horse racing fan, ...
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” ~William Shakespeare The Triple Crown season is drawing to a close and after next Saturday we will ...
The $1.5 million Belmont Stakes is a “Test of Champions” as often as it is a playground for upsets. While the race will not be testing any champion this year following Kentucky Derby champion Nyqu...
Every year, with or without a Triple Crown on the line, the Belmont Stakes promises to be an exciting and competitive race. For years, the Belmont Stakes has seen the dethroning of top horses and the ...
Every year during the Triple Crown, the subject of Dosage is dragged out of the closet and dusted off. No, I’m not referring to drugs. Dosage is a breeding theory that some handicappers swear by to ...
On Monday, we celebrated Memorial Day. We celebrated our soldiers who fight to protect our rights and freedoms and have even made the ultimate sacrifice in order to do so. Thinking about that made my ...
Prior to the start of the Major League Baseball season, I offered some baseball futures bets that, in my mind, held some value. With most teams having completed about 50 of their 162 games, let’s ta...
Just like the late, great Rodney Dangerfield, many horses that have had troubled trips get “no respect.” Given that most of us don’t have time to watch endless replays and take thorough trip not...
Over the past several years, the Belmont Stakes — dubbed the “Test of Champions” for a reason — seems to have lost some of its luster, at least in the eyes of some. Do not count me among that ...
The last time the sport of thoroughbred Racing was faced with a year without a Triple Crown was 2013. That year, Kentucky Derby Winner Orb and Preakness winner Oxbow lined up in a rubber match. Howeve...
