Category: Horse Racing News

The Fair Grounds has long been one of the best fall-winter race meets in the country, yet it is often overlooked on a winter wagering landscape that includes other, more high-profile tracks.  Nevertheless, the Fair …

Santa Anita Park hosts the only two graded stakes races this weekend — the Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3), named after the late Hall of Fame trainer, which is scheduled at 1 1/8 miles on …

“Once upon a time there was a horse named Kelso…but only once.” – Joe Hirsch   With the utmost respect to Secretariat, Man o’ War and Citation, he may have been the greatest of them …

Since Thanksgiving has passed, I am trying to get myself into the holiday spirit. Stores have been decorated since at least Halloween and some of my friends were hanging their outdoor lights before daylight saving …

Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 81st time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California racetrack’s signature …

Five Stakes Highlight Traditional Opening Day Card Santa Anita Park will host a live race meeting for the 82nd time on Wednesday, Dec. 26, the traditional opening day date for the Southern California racetrack’s signature …

Tom’s d’Etat heads a competitive field of nine in this weekend’s Tenacious Stakes at Fair Grounds. While the son of Smart Strike is a worthy favorite, having won five of his past six starts, I …

Apparently there’s a debate raging in regard to who should be named Horse of the Year — Justify or Accelerate. Proponents of the former point to the colt’s undefeated record and Triple Crown sweep, while …

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has announced its leaner and meaner winter/spring racing and stakes schedule for 2019 at Aqueduct, with racing scheduled 3-4 days a week throughout the season until the opening of …

It is well chronicled that horse racing — Standardbred and thoroughbred — has been struggling in the state of New Jersey. Without “racino” revenues to boost purses, racing has suffered at Monmouth, the Meadowlands and …

Audible, who finished third in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) behind eventual Triple Crown champ Justify, has been made the 2-5 morning line choice in Saturday’s Harlan’s Holiday Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. The Todd …

Below are FREE handicapping reports for Fair Grounds and Gulfstream Park on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018: WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to assess the fair odds of the top …

Recently, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won practically every big race imaginable, including the Kentucky Derby four times, weighed in on the future of horse racing. While I agreed with the …

Recently, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has won practically every big race imaginable, including the Kentucky Derby four times, weighed in on the future of horse racing. While I agreed with the …

Although the Remsen Stakes (G2) hasn’t produced a Kentucky Derby winner since Thunder Gulch in 1995, the annual feature for two-year-olds has certainly generated more than its fair share of good horses. Mohaymen was an …