Belmont Park: Flat Out pulls away to Suburban Handicap victory - July 7, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. - Even though his horse was the 7-5 second choice in the race, trainer Chad Brown knew the only real chance his Last Gunfi...
Belmont Park: Flat Out aims to bounce back in Suburban Handicap - July 6, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – Even though he suffered his first defeat at Belmont Park in his last start, it would be incorrect to label Fla...
Parx Racing: Tightend Touchdown rolls into Parx Dash Handicap - July 4, 2013
Ron Lombardi could have been content to have more than doubled his money after Tightend Touchdown was claimed from his Mr. Amore Stable...
Hollywood Park: Lewis sending Clubhouse Ride as potential Gold Cup upsetter - July 3, 2013
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – It has been 25 years since trainer Craig Lewis won the 1988 Hollywood Gold Cup with Cutlass Reality.The 1...
Belmont Park: Hot pace in Poker may set up Data Link - July 3, 2013
Belmont Park dodged raindrops all last week, and Mother Nature’s continued cooperation would be appreciated through a Fourth ...
Churchill Downs: Wise Dan has options after Firecracker win - July 1, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Wise Dan came out of his adventurous triumph in the Grade 2 Firecracker Handicap on Saturday night at Churc...
Gulfstream Park new summer meet kicks off - July 1, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Javier Castellano's first win as an apprentice jockey after he came to the United States was on a 90-degree da...
Churchill Downs: Wise Dan squeezes past rival to win Firecracker - July 1, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Many of the victories for Wise Dan during his storybook career have been things of beauty.Not this one.&...
Churchill Downs: Debt Ceiling impresses in Bashford Manor - June 29, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jerry Robb knows his way around the racetrack, having trained for 40 years, but he had a tough time finding...
Prairie Meadows: Cornhusker favorites have questions to answer - June 29, 2013
ALTOONA, Iowa – Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap, this meet’s signature e...
Churchill Downs: Wise Dan likely to face six in Firecracker Handicap - June 27, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Wise Dan is scheduled to face seven other older horses Saturday night on the Churchill Downs turf when brea...
Churchill Downs: Wise Dan set to tote 128 pounds in Firecracker Handicap - June 26, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Conceding the 128-pound assignment is acceptable, trainer Charlie LoPresti said Tuesday that Wise Dan is a ...
Gulfstream Park: Summertime card begins new era - June 25, 2013
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.- What do Gulfstream Park and the National Hockey League have in common? Both have extended their 2012-2013 seaso...
Belmont Park: Palace Malice back on work tab - June 24, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – Just two weeks after his victory in the Belmont Stakes, Palace Malice got back to work Sunday, breezing a half...
Belmont Park: Close Hatches rolls to upset victory in Mother Goose - June 24, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. - One week removed from watching his own heavily favored Royal Delta get upset in a graded stakes at Churchill Downs, trai...
Two common handicapping angles can be misleading - June 23, 2013
Ask a group of horseplayers to name two factors deemed least important in handicapping a race, and there would be a wide variety of ans...
Hollywood Oaks, rich with history, ends its run - June 22, 2013
It has been awhile since the rest of the country has taken particular notice regarding what happens in the Hollywood Oaks. For the most...
Hollywood Oaks big-league debut for Doinghardtimeagain - June 21, 2013
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Doinghardtimeagain can prove in Saturday’s $150,000 Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park that she i...
Royal Ascot: Animal Kingdom faces new challenge in Queen Anne - June 18, 2013
For Animal Kingdom, there has been no turning back.This spring, he has moved from Florida to Dubai and on to England, and after his sta...
Monmouth Park: Verrazano romps in Pegasus; Itsmyluckyday injured - June 17, 2013
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Verrazano is back, rebounding from a 14th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby to easily win the Grade 3, $148,500 Pega...
Churchill Downs: Fort Larned proves uncatchable in Stephen Foster - June 16, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rendering his two season-opening efforts a distant memory, Fort Larned returned to his Breeders' Cup Classic-winning ...
Hollywood Park: More Chocolate, Lady of Fifty better than their last - June 16, 2013
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A muddled cast of fillies and mares race for a $250,000 purse on Saturday at Hollywood Park, where the Grade 1 Vani...
Churchill Downs: Fort Larned seeks fresh start in Stephen Foster - June 15, 2013
In the pantheon of Breeders' Cup Classic winners, Fort Larned hardly has distinguished himself as one of the all-time greats. In fact, ...
Churchill Downs: Successful Dan seeks elusive Grade 1 win in Stephen Foster - June 14, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - There's nothing official about it, but the symbolism is hard to miss. The second half of the 2013 racing season in No...
Champion trainer Henry Cecil dies at 70 - June 12, 2013
Henry Cecil had been away from the racetracks of England for two months last August fighting illness when he made the trip from his hom...
Breeders' Cup 2014 to be held at Santa Anita - June 10, 2013
Santa Anita will play host to the Breeders' Cup World Championships for the third straight time in 2014, the Breeders' Cup announced Mo...
Belmont Stakes: Palace Malice targeting Jim Dandy, Travers - June 10, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – Palace Malice, who won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, came out of the race in good condition and is likely he...
Belmont Stakes: Palace Malice wins 2013 - June 9, 2013
ELMONT PARK, N.Y. - Palace Malice, who set a surprisingly suicidal pace when equipped with blinkers for the first time in the Kentucky ...
Belmont Stakes: Track condition uncertain for Saturday - June 7, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. - The heavy rain that pelted Belmont Park all day Friday was expected to be finished by early Saturday morning, but New Yo...
Belmont Stakes: Orb, Oxbow rematch brings curtain down on Triple Crown - June 7, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – The story of this year’s Triple Crown opened with a rousing Kentucky Derby victory by Orb, giving ri...
Belmont Stakes: Post draw, wet weather add variables - June 6, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – The weather forecast for the 145th Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park has worsened as the week has pro...
Belmont Stakes workouts: Giant Finish , Vyjack have works postponed by rain - June 4, 2013
BELMONT PARK, N.Y. – Rain, at times extremely heavy, turned what was already expected to be a quiet morning into an even quie...
Belmont Stakes: Orb ready to roll after solid half-mile workout - June 2, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – If there was any doubt about Orb’s starting status for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes &ndas...
Belmont Stakes: Sunday workouts will set the stage - June 1, 2013
A pivotal morning looms at Belmont Park on Sunday, as several leading contenders for the 145th Belmont Stakes next Saturday, including ...
Belmont Stakes workouts: Golden Soul puts in efficient drill - May 30, 2013
Belmont Stakes workouts - The road to the final leg of this year’s Triple Crown, from the clocker reports, starts at the same...
Belmont Stakes: Baffert still weighing Code West's chances - May 29, 2013
Before the Belmont Stakes betting begins, Bob Baffert has won nine Triple Crown races, but the Hall of Fame trainer had little impact o...
Belmont Park: Met Mile winner Sahara Sky found in unlikely spot - May 29, 2013
Belmont Park - Kim Lloyd, part-owner of Sahara Sky, was headed to Broadway Tuesday night, one day after the thrilling nose victory by h...
Hollywood Park: Gamely Stakes poses difficult test for Tiz Flirtatious - May 28, 2013
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – In racing and training, Tiz Flirtatious is rather predictable.In her races, she stalks the pace, rallies ...
Belmont Park Handicapping: Flat Out perfect on the surface for Met Mile - May 27, 2013
ELMONT, N.Y. – Two longstanding handicapping methods will be tested Monday at Belmont Park when Flat Out runs in the Grade 1,...
Woodbine: Something Extra repeats in Connaught Cup - May 26, 2013
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Something Extra won the Grade 2 Connaught Cup for the second year in a row, giving jockey Eurico Da Silv...
