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Preakness update: No new date, but InfieldFest canceled

April 3, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

By Richard Rosenblatt There’s no new date for the Preakness Stakes (G1) yet, but the Maryland Jockey Club and The Stronach Group said they’re “continuing to work with our key stakeholders to explore all options …

From bloodthirsty to blueblood: Countess Margit Batthyany, her racehorses, and her appalling past - Courtesy of unsplash.com

From bloodthirsty to blueblood: Countess Margit Batthyany used her racehorses to draw a veil over her appalling past

April 3, 2020 Maryjean Wall Horse Racing News

By Maryjean Wall Countess Margit Batthyany was once the most powerful woman in European racing, winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1972 with the filly, San San, and the year before that, the …

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Live Racing Becoming a Thing of the Past

April 2, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

By Richard Rosenblatt Live racing in the United States continues to dwindle with the closing of a few more racetracks in California. The latest tracks to cancel live racing after county health officials instructed them …

Oaklawn Park Handicapping: Best Live Racing Available

April 2, 2020 Noel Michaels Horse Racing News

Oaklawn Park Handicapping: Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the March and April racing calendar far and wide, but one place that so far has steadfastly kept most of its original four-day-a-week spring racing schedule in …

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law is No. 1 Favorite

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz The Law Lives Up to No. 1 Status

April 1, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Latest Recount And now? Nothing. Tiz the Law has done everything possible to stake his claim as the nation’s top 3-year-old with his victory in the Florida Derby (G1), and thus …

Self-Isolating? Here’s 6 Ways to Boost Your Handicapping

March 31, 2020 Ray Wallin Horse Racing News

By now most of us are working from home. We’ve converted living rooms, family rooms, basement workshops, or some other space in our house to a makeshift office for the foreseeable future. You’ve spent more …

“We’ll Meet Again” … Gambling Fun on Hold, for Now

March 29, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo touched off the horror that was World War I. That afternoon in Paris, between the third and fourth races at Longchamp, an army …

Tiz the Law Rules in Saturday’s Curlin Florida Derby (G1)

Tiz the Law Overpowers Field to Win Florida Derby

March 28, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

There’s at least one definite in horse racing right now – Tiz the Law rules and has to be considered the favorite for the Kentucky Derby (G1) whenever they Run for the Roses. Seizing the …

Santa Anita Park Cancels Live Horse Racing

March 27, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

Santa Anita Park became the latest racetrack to cancel live racing, and officials did so just before the start of Friday’s first race. “In accordance with instructions received from Los Angeles County Health Department, Santa …

Florida Derby Favorites: Top 10, Tiz the Law is No. 1

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law is No. 1 Favorite

March 27, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Minutes after the field crossed the finish line in last weekend’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), and Wells Bayou had delivered a gate-to-wire victory to clinch a spot in the Kentucky …

Florida Derby Favorites: Top 10, Tiz the Law is No. 1

March 27, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

Florida Derby Favorites: Minutes after the field crossed the finish line in last weekend’s $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), and Wells Bayou had delivered a gate-to-wire victory to clinch a spot in the Kentucky Derby …

Florida Derby Betting Odds: Preview and Field of 12

Eddie Mac’s Book: Go With Tiz the Law in Florida Derby; After That, Who Knows?

March 27, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

By Ed McNamara When writing about the distant past, a favorite phrase of historians is “We really don’t know.” Amid a worldwide pandemic, that also applies to the immediate future. All we know now is …

Try As They Might, All But 1 Harness Track Closed Due to Coronavirus

March 27, 2020 John Furgele Special Events

By John Furgele While professional sports leagues and federations around the world have suspended or postponed their seasons – the 2020 Tokyo Olympics recently fell into line — harness racing has tried to soldier on …

Eddie Mac’s Book: Go With Tiz the Law in Florida Derby; After That, Who Knows?

March 27, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

By Ed McNamara When writing about the distant past, a favorite phrase of historians is “We really don’t know.” Amid a worldwide pandemic, that also applies to the immediate future. All we know now is …

Top Jockey Javier Castellano Tests Positive for Coronavirus

March 26, 2020 US Racing Team Horse Racing News

By US Racing Team Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus and is following doctor’s orders to stay in self-quarantine for the next 14 days. Castellano, a four-time Eclipse …