By Ed McNamara Like most star athletes, jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. is a Type A personality who excels because of aggressiveness as well as talent. His “take no prisoners” approach, which helped win th...
By Ed McNamara The controversy surrounding Bob Baffert and his Kentucky Derby victory will linger, but first-place finisher Medina Spirit is gone. The gritty little colt collapsed and died Monday morn...
By Mike Farrell Art Sherman, as classy an individual as you will ever meet in horse racing, will soon saddle his final runner. Sherman recently announced his retirement, ending an amazing run as a joc...
By Richard Rosenblatt Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert may end up keeping his record-setting seventh victory in the Kentucky Derby. According to Baffert’s lawyer, Craig Robertson, the medication bet...
By Richard Rosenblatt Welcome to the changing of the race meets, with Gulfstream Park, the Fair Grounds, Oaklawn Park, and a short stint at Los Alamitos starting up over the weekend. Aqueduct’s fall...
By Noel Michaels Change is in the air on the thoroughbred racing circuit, with fall meets at the Big A, Churchill, Del Mar giving way to winter meets at the Fair Grounds, Santa Anita and in Florida, a...
By Richard Rosenblatt It seems fitting to toss out a few Turkey Tributes after a holiday weekend stuffed with standout performances from Aqueduct to Churchill Downs to Del Mar to Woodbine. Cheers to H...
By Noel Michaels A trio of racetracks are in the spotlight this weekend before Thanksgiving, so let’s focus in on Del Mar, Churchill Downs and Aqueduct. With top quality races at these three tracks,...
Saratoga returns Thursday and Monmouth Park presents the Haskell Stakes (G1) on Saturday. It doesn’t get better than that for East Coast racing fans. As usual, Saratoga offers a rich trove of stakes...
By Mike Farrell Spare the whip, spoil the outcome. That is the direction we are headed, as exemplified by the latest ruling from the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia following Saturday’s $20 million Saud...
