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February 27, 2013
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Parx Racing meet, highlighted by two $1 million races on Saturday, Sept. 21: The Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and The Cotillion Stakes (G1).
There were no shadows. I remember that. The homestretch seemed shrouded in grays and dark tans as Kennedy Road, his wide blaze a welcome beacon under threatening skies, separated himself from the pack and made for home. To his outside, Kennedy Road was ...
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Mountaineer Racetrack meet, which is celebrating its 63rd season of racing.
February 26, 2013
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Prairie Meadows meet.
Track information & stakes schedule for the 84-day 2013 Evangeline Downs meet.
February 23, 2013
Three-year-old stakes horses capped the 2011 – 2012 Fair Grounds racing season with a burst of insanity when 109-1 shot Hero of Order won the Louisiana Derby. Oxbow restored a measure of order winning the first 3-year-old stakes this meet, the Jan. 19 ...
February 22, 2013
For my money, at any window, the best horse racing tale ever committed to film was the 1984 entry “Champions.”
When the Breeders’ Cup board of directors met Friday, its two most significant agenda items were whether to proceed with a planned ban on Lasix in all 15 of its races this year – and whether it would in fact present all 15 races this year. Were these ...
February 21, 2013
When the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park and the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds are run on Saturday, people who follow thoroughbred racing will watch intently, even if they don’t have a financial stake in the outcome.
Track information and 29-race stakes schedule for the 2013 Emerald Downs meeting, highlighted by the 78th running of the G3 $200,000 Longacres Mile.
For those keeping score at home, and you know who you are, the new Kentucky Derby eligibility system kicks into high gear on Saturday when the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream and the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds each offers 85 points spread ...
Football season is in the rearview mirror and March Madness is about to dominate the sports books soon, so this is the perfect time to clean out this reporter’s notebook.
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Pimlico Race Course 36-day spring meeting, highlighted by the second jewel of the Triple Crown, The Preakness, on Saturday, May 18.
February 20, 2013
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races meet.
Those Sunshine Boys Mike Smith, 47, and Gary Stevens, 49, were on fine display last weekend, with Stevens winning the Santa Maria Stakes aboard the 9-1 shot Great Hot and Smith doing cross-country duty with champion Royal Delta in the Sabin Stakes at ...
February 15, 2013
In an admiral display of equine harmony, the Agricultural and Rural Development Committee of the Oklahoma Senate voted 9-0 last Tuesday to approve a bill that would allow for the operation of equine slaughterhouses in the state. The measure was passed ...
Is there a way to expand interest in Derby Futures and make them at least as attractive to bettors as a dismal mid-afternoon maiden-claiming race? It’s worth a try, and here are three suggestions.
February 14, 2013
The elephant missing from the room Saturday in the Santa Maria at Santa Anita is Include Me Out, who is getting a well-deserved vacation and will be pointed to the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic in the fall.
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2013 Spring Meet at Lone Star Park, which opens Thursday, April 11th.
February 13, 2013
Considering all that can go wrong, anyone who ventures to compile a list of Kentucky Derby contenders is wasting their time.