National stars spread out this weekend to address some state-bred purses and more Grand Circuit events before all eyes focus on the herd’s arrival at Delaware, Ohio for Little Brown Jug week.…
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Well, OK, maybe we need some stars, but their creation should be organic not forced just because of a Grade 1 win or notoriety on the Triple Crown trail.Granted, the collective departures…
In between lamenting the fact that they are not qualified to be sports mascots, host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss the Paynter situation, the crisis in Canada and a…
A lot of the season’s top horses, trotters and pacers, from almost every division, played a role in the stakes-filled weekend. Keep up with race stories and pre-race analysis’s at our exclusvie…
The Pacific Classic had a bigger say on this year’s three-year-old male division than did the Travers Stakes.Theoretically either Alpha or Golden Ticket could sneak into the Eclipse Award discussion by pointing…
Originally, I’d planned on discussing a variety of racetrack issues in this week’s column — Dullahan’s surprise (at least to me) victory in the Pacific Classic, hopes that Frankel may travel to…
There is a herd of progeny from Somebeachsomewhere on the tracks this season. The incredible beast that paced a hole in a lot of winds and retired to stud after a monstrous…
Host Derek Simon and Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com discuss Chantal Sutherland’s ride aboard Game On Dude in the Pacific Classic, as well as the pluses and minuses of Sutherland’s status as a…
A name he liked coupled with a jockey he recognized led Mr. Hariri to scoop Thursday’s Pick 6 at Del Mar for gross winnings of $495,060.80 on a $146 play.Playing through TwinSpires.com,…
If you are one of “the crowd” then you cashed a few tickets this weekend, though most of the returns were pale and paltry. You may have, however, zeroed in on one…
Rail TripA few years ago, I wrote about the Freshened Horse Fallacy, the theory that the modern-day thoroughbred simply cannot withstand the rigors of day-to-day training and — heaven forbid — racing…
Harness drivers will have their “pedal to the metal” this weekend, no doubt, as they gun for big purses and prestige over profit.TwinSpires carries the DuQuoin State Fair from Illinois and even…