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...
Who Is Maria Borell? Six months ago, the racing world witnessed what they thought was a fairy tale. A young female trainer, saddled a horse owned by a multi-millionaire to win a race on the greatest s...
No two races ever set up exactly the same way. Some races seem clear cut, such as the most likely pace scenario I discussed two weeks ago — the fourth race from Penn National on May 13 (click here...
This year had what some called “Triple Crown Hangover.” And with a supposed superstar in Nyquist showing that he is a horse after all with his first career defeat in the Preakness Stakes, some hav...
The hype of the undefeated Kentucky Derby Champion Nyquist reached a fever pitch just a couple days before the Preakness Stakes. On my Facebook Page, Dead Heat Debates, some even tried to say that Nyq...
Now that the Kentucky Derby is over, we are on to the Preakness. Can Nyquist make it nine wins in a row? A few weeks back I discussed how handicapping the Kentucky Derby is different than your nor...
Once, as I reclined on an easy chair, sipping a Michelob Ultra (gotta watch the carbs), with a copy of the Daily Racing Form spread out on my lap, I was asked to explain what I was doing. Smiling, I t...
The early pace of the Kentucky Derby set up pretty close to how I laid it out, with Danzing Candy doing what one-dimensional frontrunners do best, setting a hot pace and failing. But, Danzing Candy we...
The other day, I tweeted that “Exaggerator is the next Sham” before truly thinking about it. It wasn’t the first time someone has tweeted quicker than their brain’s neurons could fire. Obvious...
Speed rules the Preakness. That is the common belief, held even by fellow US Racing contributor Casey Laughter, in her most recent column Can Nyquist Overcome Other Preakness Speed. The truth of the m...
