By Mike Farrell A champion returns, and a new one will be crowned Sunday at Gulfstream Park. For the third straight year, Gulfstream hosts the Clasico Internacional del Caribe, a five-stakes event for...
By Mike Farrell Maximum Security concludes a tumultuous season Saturday in the $750,000 Cigar Mile (G1) at Aqueduct. You need a journey in the Wayback Machine — to the eras of Dancer’s Image a...
By Mike Farrell Some folks are ready to hand the juvenile colt Eclipse Award to trainer Barclay Tagg and the Sackatoga crew even before Tiz the Law concludes his freshman season Saturday in the $300,0...
By Mike Farrell Seeking the Soul and Bravazo are two of the sentimental favorites set to line up Friday in the $600,000 Clark Stakes (G2). Both horses will have solid rooting sections in the final maj...
By Mike Farrell The chill in the morning air in the Northeast and the Midwest serves as a reminder that winter racing will soon be here. The lucky racing outfits from those regions have already decamp...
By Mike Farrell The Breeders’ Cup came up about 200 yards short of perfection. On a glorious sun-splashed day in Southern California, divisional championships were won and lost over the course of Br...
Go Backwards When Forward Fails? By Mike Farrell Desperate times require desperate measures. And these are desperate times for horse racing as we approach Breeders’ Cup weekend at beleaguered Santa ...
By Mike Farrell Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the brave men of the 7th Cavalry Regiment saddled up and rode off into the Black Hills one final time on a fateful day in 1876. As one th...
By Mike Farrell While we normally focus on events along the Eastern seaboard, this time our attention shifts north of the border to Woodbine. This is the weekend when that track is front and center wi...
By Mike Farrell Has it really been 16 years since Funny Cide made his improbable bid for Triple Crown glory? Those were certainly good times for the unlikely hero, and for racing in general. The New Y...
