Category: Horse Racing News

By Margaret Ransom This year marks the 32nd running of the Holy Bull Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park, the Miami-area oval’s first major prep on the road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) on May …

By Noel Michaels The Oaklawn Park meet is off and running, and already key jockey and trainer trends have become clear one week into the season. Of course, the usual leaders, trainer Steve Asmussen and …

By Ray Wallin Our brains are highly developed. The three main parts work together to make us the people that we are. They keep us alive, provide us with motor skills, and allow us to …

By Ray Wallin Our brains are highly developed. The three main parts work together to make us the people that we are. They keep us alive, provide us with motor skills, and allow us to …

By US Racing Team Unbridled Spirits, among the many off-track thoroughbred groups caring for retired racehorses, has been voted the best OTTB Organization for 2020 by US Racing fans. The organization based in Lisbon, Iowa, …

By Mike Farrell Racing fans can feel it in the air. Their favorite sport is rousing from its post-Breeders’ Cup slumber. The evidence of the awakening came Saturday at Gulfstream Park with the running of …

By Richard Rosenblatt Questions, anyone? Knicks Go grabbed the lead from the start and delivered yet another gate-to-wire performance, winning the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The 5-year-old …

Knicks Go Shoots For Pegasus World Cup Invitational Victory By Mike Farrell Lately in thoroughbred racing, it’s Brad Cox’s world … and we’re just living in it. Cox is on a seemingly unstoppable roll with …

By Richard Rosenblatt As we embark on the road to the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1), it’s becoming difficult to avoid writing about Brad Cox. The affable almost 41-year-old trainer from Louisville, Kentucky has soared to …

By Richard Rosenblatt Todd Pletcher is a seven-time Eclipse Award winning trainer. He’s a two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and three-time Belmont Stakes (G1) winner, and best known for preparing precocious (and expensive) juveniles for …

By John Furgele There is much hope in the harness racing world for a more productive and profitable 2021, but before we move too far forward, let’s look at the trotters and pacers, and drivers …

By Richard Rosenblatt Nearly a year ago, I was ready for a Steve Asmussen breakthrough in the Kentucky Derby. The Hall of Fame trainer was 0-for-20 in the Run for the Roses, and had a …

Eddie Mac’s Book: Good Idea To Go With The Favorites on Pegasus Day 2021 By Ed McNamara It was a great idea: an eight-figure stakes at sunny Gulfstream Park in late January, when not much …

Knicks Go Made Slight 5-2 Favorite In $3 Million Pegasus World Cup By Richard Rosenblatt With so many top horses from 2020 having been retired, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) may lack …

Knicks Go Made Slight 5-2 Favorite In $3 Million Pegasus World Cup By Richard Rosenblatt With so many top horses from 2020 having been retired, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) may lack …