MAJOR FED HORSE PROFILE By Ed McNamara Closer is 1-for-6 lifetime, 0-for-4 in stakes, with his career highlight a close second to Modernist (division of G2 Risen Star), who wasn’t good enough to...
By US Racing Team Authentic, perhaps the better half of trainer Bob Baffert’s Derby duo, is all set for his Run for the Roses. The Haskell Stakes (G1) winner had his final pre-Derby workout at Del M...
By Richard Rosenblatt The preps are over, the workouts complete: Tiz the Law is set to head off to the Kentucky Derby. Tiz the Law put in his final workout on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, drillin...
By Richard Rosenblatt So long Belmont Park. It’s been a short and sweet Keeneland. Happy opening weekend Del Mar, and we’re looking forward to a full 40-day meet at Saratoga. In a week that reveal...
By Margaret Ransom Run over Aqueduct’s main track, the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds in the country. The race was named New York businessman, horse owner a...
By Ed McNamara Being a public handicapper (aka alleged expert) involves lots of homework and constant frustration. It’s often a “you can’t win” scenario. During a losing streak, you look dumb,...
