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

Racing Odds and Ends: Notes, Quotes, Anecdotes of the Week

June 5, 2020 US Racing Team Horse Racing News

By USRacing Team News, notes, quotes and anecdotes from the world of horse racing over the past week. This is our first installment of a compilation of some names that made news during the week. …

Racing Odds and End: Notes, Quotes, Anecdotes of the Week

June 5, 2020 US Racing Team Horse Racing News

By USRacing Team News, notes, quotes and anecdotes from the world of horse racing over the past week. This is our first installment of a compilation of some names that made news during the week. …

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Hollywood Gold Cup Filled With Talent: Midcourt, Higher Power, Improbable

June 5, 2020 Margaret Ransom Horse Racing News

By Margaret Ransom After six years contested under the Gold Cup at Santa Anita moniker, the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) makes its triumphant return on the racing calendar as one of the country’s top races …

Rescheduled Santa Anita Derby Still Packs Star Power

June 5, 2020 Margaret Ransom Horse Racing News

By Margaret Ransom Every year, the Santa Anita Derby (G1) has traditionally served as the Golden State’s final and most significant Kentucky Derby (G1) prep. Even with a different spot on the calendar due to …

Big Money Day at Belmont Park on Saturday

June 5, 2020 Mike Farrel Horse Racing News

By Mike Farrell Irad Ortiz, Jr. celebrated the resumption of racing at Belmont Park on Wednesday by booting home five winners. Saturday is the first “big money day” of the abbreviated meet with four stakes …

Eddie Mac’s Book: Belmont’s Back and Chad Brown is Loaded

June 4, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

By Ed McNamara Egad, Chad. You’re everywhere. Chad Brown will be saddling a large, fully armed cavalry troop in Saturday’s four graded stakes at Belmont Park. The quiet man from Mechanicville, New York, owns the …

Opening Day at Belmont Park: Rushing Falls takes Beaugay; Fauci 2nd to Prisoner; Irad Ortiz, Jr. Wins 5

June 4, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

By Richard Rosenblatt A little rain didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of humans or thoroughbreds during the long-awaited return of racing in New York on June 3 (Wednesday). Without spectators at Belmont Park, and …

Belmont Park: At Long Last, Racing Resumes at Belmont

June 2, 2020 Mike Farrel Horse Racing News

By Mike Farrell Welcome back Big Sandy. We sure missed you. Racing resumes at Belmont Park on Wednesday, yet another sign that the game is gradually coming back to life. Think of the sport as …

Handicapping the Belmont Park Dirt, Turf Courses

June 1, 2020 Noel Michaels Horse Racing News

By Noel Michaels The new season at Belmont Park has arrived. The 2020 spring/summer meet opens June 3 (Wednesday), and runs through July 12. In many ways, the shortened 25-race-day meet will look a lot …

Still Grinding Away? 5 Steps to Reinvent Your Handicapping

June 1, 2020 Ray Wallin Horse Racing News

By Ray Wallin In business they tell you that you should reinvent yourself every five years to stay relevant. You don’t want your skillset to become obsolete and your position eliminated. The same is true …

Stuck at Home, Our Handicapper Travels Back to the 1983 Epsom Derby

May 31, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

By Ed McNamara It all looked so perfect. Out of the blue, a dream situation dropped into my lap. I retired last August when Newsday, the Long Island newspaper where I’d worked since 1983, made …

Ce Ce the One to Beat in Sunday’s Santa Maria at Santa Anita

May 30, 2020 Margaret Ransom Horse Racing News

By Margaret Ransom Sunday’s 79th running of the Santa Maria Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita, which before the coronavirus pandemic served as the traditional prep for the Santa Margarita Stakes (G1), drew a compact but …

Kentucky Derby Top 10: Nadal Injured, Off Triple Crown Trail; Maxfield Up To No. 3

May 30, 2020 Richard Rosenblatt Horse Racing News

By Richard Rosenblatt Just over a year ago, trainer Brendan Walsh returned to Dubai and looked on with pride as his promising 3-year-old Plus Que Parfait won the $2.5 million UAE Derby (G2) to earn …

Baffert’s Unbeatens: Charlatan Facing DQ in Arkansas Derby; Nadal Retired Following Injury

May 30, 2020 Ed McNamara Horse Racing News

By Ed McNamara Just when we thought it was safe to feel upbeat about this delayed and scrambled Triple Crown, it wasn’t. On Monday, the undefeated pair of Nadal and Charlatan seemingly had Bob Baffert …

Churchill Downs Odds: Saturday Pick 5 Must Play

May 29, 2020 Noel Michaels Horse Racing News

By Noel Michaels Saturday’s loaded 11-race card at Churchill Downs is headlined by a $500,000 guaranteed-pool Pick 5, which starts in Race 7 and is bookended by the two stakes races on the card, the …