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 – ...
It has been quite a year for horse racing. It began with equine fatalities at Santa Anita Park. At present, there have been 29. [As June 23, 2019 – 30 fatalities] In May and June, we witnessed...
Who says horses aren’t sensitive? Who says that they don’t know what’s going on? If you have any doubts as to the equine’s awareness, it might be time to have a conversation with Sir Winston, ...
by John Furgele They say they’re going to keep it open and state law says that they have to, but what is the future of Monticello Raceway, a track that has hosted daytime harness racing since 1958? ...
by John Furgele The narrative is already in play that War of Will’s Preakness win justifies the DQ of Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby. Many now feel that had War of Will not been impeded with...
by John Furgele From 1991 to 2000, I taught social studies at the secondary level. As a teacher, one of the things you have to deal with is absenteeism. Teachers, administrators and politicians spend ...
by John Furgele Once upon a time, for a trotter to become the Hambletonian champion, it had to win two races in one day. In those days, there were two eliminations and, in the final, if one of those...
by John Furgele The winter of 2018-2019 has been a difficult one for the sport of horse racing, aka the Sport of Kings. It has suffered from horse shortages, drug issues and 23 horses died at Santa An...
by John Furgele They will talk about this for years, much like they’ve talked about Codex’s veering into Genuine Risk in the 1980 Preakness. In that race, the stewards decided to uphold the result...
by John Furgele For the first time in several years, there is optimism at the New Jersey shore as Monmouth Park prepares for its opening day on May 4. As we know, New Jersey horse racing has struggl...
