By Ed McNamara No winner of the Risen Star Stakes has won the Kentucky Derby, but that could change if a decision ever is reached on whether to disqualify the late Medina Spirit for a postrace positiv...
By Ed McNamara Our usracing.com contributor Ed McNamara has been covering horse racing for many years and is among the more than 230 voters in the Eclipse Award balloting process. Here’s his ballot ...
By Richard Rosenblatt Life is Good. Grabbing the lead popping out of the gate, co-favorite Life is Good left Knicks Go and the rest of the field struggling in this wake as he swept to a 3 ¼-length vi...
Profiles of the nine horses entered for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The profiles were compiled by usracing.com contributors Ed McNamara, Jenny Ke...
By Ed McNamara Like many front-runners, Knicks Go is an all-or-nothing proposition. As a 2-year-old, he wired the Breeders‘ Futurity by 5 1/2 lengths at odds of 70-1 and ran second at 40-1 in th...
By Richard Rosenblatt The Eclipse Award finalists have been selected in 16 of the 17 categories equine and human, leaving Horse of the Year finalists and all the winners to be announced at the awards ...
By Richard Rosenblatt As we embark on the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), it’s becoming difficult to avoid writing about Brad Cox. The affable almost 41-year-old trainer from Louisville, Kent...
By Richard Rosenblatt Todd Pletcher is a seven-time Eclipse Award winning trainer. He’s a two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and three-time Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, and best known for preparing ...
By Ed McNamara Bobby Frankel was a hard-edged guy who didn’t hand out compliments casually. So when he touted an obscure young rider from the Dominican Republic, jockey agent Ron Anderson paid a...
By Lynne Snierson Florent Geroux is packing his tack and moving to Oaklawn Park this season. The addition of one of the nation’s top riders to the already intensely competitive jockey colony makes a...
