by Richard Rosenblatt We gathered at Michael’s on York Avenue in Timonium for our annual crab cake dinner a few nights before the 2011 Preakness Stakes. The usual dozen or so suspects were seated at...
by Richard Rosenblatt Following a 179-day, 35-race Road to the Kentucky Derby prep season, plus an additional seven races in Europe and four in Japan, and more than 2,500 Derby-qualifying points doled...
by Margaret Ransom Saturday’s $200,000 Lexington Stakes (GIII) at Keeneland, named for the beautiful central Kentucky city where the famed track and sales company is located, is the last Road to the...
By Margaret Ransom Each year, the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) marks the end of yet another grueling Road to the Kentucky Derby (GI) journey and, as such, it’s often the most anticipated prep of t...
by Derek Simon One of the things I find fascinating about horse racing — well, life, really — is what folks accept as true that isn’t. Conclusions that seem logical are often considered fact reg...
by Richard Rosenblatt John Servis is looking for a “woo hoo’’ moment of his own when he sends out Lucky Lee in the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes (GII) at Keeneland in one of three major prep race...
by Ray Wallin 40. This is a number that defines middle age to some, when you wake up and something else hurts. It is also the number of days and nights that it rained after Noah built his ark or, if y...
by Derek Simon Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, of course, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest horse...
by Margaret Ransom Despite the fact that only two horses in history have completed the Louisiana Derby (GII)-Kentucky Derby (GI) double, the signature race of the Fair Grounds meet is still one of the...
by Ray Wallin The Kentucky Derby picture is starting to get clearer, but the last round of prep races will define the field. These races often offer strong wagering opportunities for both the casual r...
