By Mike Farrell Santa Claus came early to Southern California, a corner of the racing world in desperate need of glad tidings and good cheer. The jolly old elf dropped off the investigative results of...
By Lynne Snierson As the lyrics go in the iconic Andy Williams song, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year. With kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer.” But the holid...
By Lynne Snierson It’s T-minus and counting to liftoff for the “Little Rocket,” and Imperial Hint’s connections hope this time the launch will go off without a hitch in Saturday’s $100,000 M...
By Ed McNamara I couldn’t have been in better shape. I’d hit the first two legs of Gulfstream Park’s pick 5 and was alive to five horses in the next race. After just connecting for an $11 winner...
By Mike Farrell The “Fighting Finish” is one of the most recognizable images in horse racing. The head-on shot captures the fury of the 1933 Kentucky Derby stretch run, won by Brokers Tip by a nos...
By Richard Rosenblatt A few lines from Arlo Guthrie’s classic “Alice’s Restaurant’’ came to mind after reading a press release issued by The Stronach Group on Sunday: “Turned over the piec...
By Ray Wallin Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson – the entrepreneur, the investor, the author, the philanthropist. He has a net worth of about $4.1 billion. He has been very successful in that lit...
By Lynne Snierson The rocky Road to the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May takes many twists and turns over several months, and on Sunday it cuts through Oklahoma, where Remington Park hosts ...
By Ed McNamara My mother always stressed the importance of making a good first impression, which I did in last week’s debut column. I recommended a $40 play on Aqueduct’s late pick 3, and it cost ...
By John Furgele The stakes racing season is over in harness racing; it concluded when 9-1 long shot Shake That House prevailed in the $355,000 Progress Pace at Dover Downs on Nov. 27. Stakes races dom...
