Champion sprinter Big Drama turned in perhaps his best work yet in preparation for next Saturday's Grade 1 Vosburgh when cruising an easy half mile in :48.18 seconds under jockey Daniel Centeno this morning at Calder. Big Drama was

Assuming it doesn't rain between now and post time, the turf course will be open today for the first time in over a week and for one of the race occasions since Aug. 1 as there have been only eight grass

The skies are clear but the weather delay has put things about an hour behind schedule with the horses for the tenth race just now leaving the paddock and post time for the finale likely to come around 6:15. The main track took the storm well and seems to be playing fair despite all the water, yielding two wire to wire winners and

A tropical like storm with heavy rains, winds up to 50 miles an hour and dangerous lightning pummeled the area for over a half hour as the horses were in the paddock for the eighth race and we are still in a weather delay that is now approaching one hour. Workers are

For seemingly the umpteenth day in a row it's started to rain during a racing card at Calder. A sudden downpour struck after the running of the fourth race and there's a good chance the track will be downgraded if the showers keep up much longer.  The racetrack was listed

Heavy showers during the course of Thursday's card sealed the fate of turf racing for at least one more day with Friday's two scheduled grass races, the fifth and eighth events on the program, now moved to the main track. There are been only 8 grass races run here since

Somehow, one very astute handicapper took down today's Pick-5 even with three of the five winners paying $39.80, $51.80 and $35.40. The resulting payoff was, not surprisingly, the whole pool minus the takeout with the winning .50 ticket worth $19,366.35.  My Mass Media, who'd been beaten an average of better than 18 lengths

Despite a $39.80 winner(Peacephilly) in the opening leg and a $51.80 winner (Max Speed) in the fourth leg, there are still six horses alive in the Pick-5 which ends with the upcoming 9th race in less than 10 minutes. Only the 5, 7, 8 and 10 are uncovered although

Not that this news should come as any great surprise but there will be no turf racing again on Thursday at Calder. Switching today's two scheduled grass races to the m

The story will be lost in the bigger picture of reigning sprint champion Big Drama's successful return from a long layoff in the Whippleton Handicap but kudos to Abigail Fuller who won the finale aboard her

Speed dominated the opening three races on the card although each winner was logical enough. Off The Jak, who worked fast after being vanned off last time, the hard knocking and most consistent  Rosebud's Ridge and the in form Fly South accounted for the opening three events. Rosebud's Ridge attracted a five way shake won by Frank

Heavier rain fell during the running of the Darn That Alarm after which the main track was downgraded to sloppy. The wet track would help ease the blow of any bridgejumpers in the house after

More rain with the track downgraded to "good" beginning with the seventh race and the Darn That Alarm Handicap. As expected Motovato is the overwhelming favorite for the Darn That Alarm holding at 1-9 with seven minutes to post.  Trainer Marty Wolfson will also send out another likely 1-5 shot, Indiano, if he goes as scheduled

Okay it's a little past the midway point on the card which frankly fell apart with the races taken off the turf. Stalkers have won four of the six races thus far with the 1/9 So Great and favored With Mom's Blessing both winning

A little more than halfway through the card and no real bias to report over the main track. First time starter Brother Pat the only winner from mid-pack and beyond in the fifth event as he easily ran down the odds on Put It Back Tiger. A claim of foul and stewards

First time starters trained by David Fawkes usually get bet and get bet hard so it was surprising to see My Truly Fair holding at double digits through most of the bettting prior to the tenth race. The 2-year-old filly eventually dropped to 7-1, broke to the lead and road the bias to an easy victory in the $25,000

On Friday, not a single horse went wire to wire on the main track. Today, every main track winner has been on the lead after the opening quarter mile call. Three of the five were odds on favorites, Tikitocki, Bumpy Gin and Fort Loudon, the last named

Another chapter for the book on "how to lose a bet" belongs to the 4-5 first time starter Wildcat Creek. After cruising on the lead and seemingly having his early pursuers put away,

The main track was deep, dry and very slow during training hours this morning with horses staggering to the finish line especially those working distances of four furlongs and beyond. The main

For the second race in a row, post time has been delayed. The fifth race was delayed due to a problem getting the starting gate in position. The sixth was delayed after Marty's Perfect