By Margaret Ransom A talent-filled opening day program on Saturday at Santa Anita Park will help usher out a year of horse racing that has been unpredictable, turbulent and downright implausible, and ...
By Mike Farrell Laurel Park does its part to keep the holiday season merry for racing fans by offering eight stakes Saturday on its Christmastide Day card. The $150,000 Allaire du Pont (G3) for fillie...
By Margaret Ransom A pair of Kentucky Derby point-qualifiers are on tap this weekend: the $200,000 Springboard Mile at Remington Park on Friday night, and the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Sa...
By Ed McNamara Playing the horses is a game of the day, with races over in the time it takes to brush your teeth. The entire Triple Crown doesn’t even last 6 1/2 minutes, and a place in history ...
Breeders’ Cup Day 1: Essential Quality is First Class in Winning Juvenile By Richard Rosenblatt Essential Quality delivered a breakthrough performance for owner, trainer, and jockey with a thrilling...
By Ray Wallin In the history of the Breeders’ Cup there have been 302 races that have produced a total of 303 winners, including the dead heat in the 2003 Turf between High Chaparral and Johar. Of t...
By Richard Rosenblatt As usual, it’s all about Bob — mostly. A total of 201 horses were pre-entered Wednesday for the 14 Breeders’ Cup races at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7, with Preakness-winning fill...
By Richard Rosenblatt After seven runner-up finishes in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), including last year when his Vino Rosso was DQ’d from first to second, Hall of Fame shoo-in Todd Pletcher final...
By Mike Farrell So many opportunities for horses to earn a free pass to the Breeders’ Cup. So few takers willing to step up to the plate, an unfortunate development for fans and handicappers. There ...
By Ed McNamara Before the Breeders’ Cup changed everything in the mid-Eighties, for generations championships were determined on Saturdays in October at Belmont Park. If you wanted to clinch an ...
