By Ed McNamara They’ve been racing at Saratoga since 1863, and thanks to COVID-19, there’s never been a stranger vibe surrounding the world’s best extended meeting. They’ll be running the 6-furlong Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies, …

By Richard Rosenblatt With prominent jockeys such as Florent Geroux, Flavien Prat and Luis Saez testing positive for COVID-19 over the past week, the New York Racing Association announced new safety protocols and travel restrictions …

By Ray Wallin Winning handicappers who consistently make a profit playing the races have different thinking behaviors than the casual player. Some may be part-time horseplayers while others may make their living playing the races. …

By Jenny Kellner When Saratoga Race Course opens Thursday (July 16) for the 152nd time, one is tempted to put the venerable track’s longstanding slogan, the “Summer Place to Be” a different way – the …

By John Furgele One race was full of drama, the other lacked it as the Meadowlands hosted the $250,000 Graduate Series finals for pacers and trotters. First up were the pacers and the field of …

By Richard Rosenblatt So long Belmont Park. It’s been a short and sweet Keeneland. Happy opening weekend Del Mar, and we’re looking forward to a full 40-day meet at Saratoga. In a week that revealed …

By Lynne Snierson Abel Cedillo jumped into the deep end of the pool by uprooting his family and moving his tack from the Northern California circuit, where he was a fixture for 10 years and …

By Richard Rosenblatt Art Collector came through with a masterpiece in the $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Saturday, rolling past the filly Swiss Skydiver near the eighth-pole and cruising to a …

By Richard Rosenblatt War of Will back in the winner’s circle … The Haskell is coming, the Haskell is coming … The Brad and Flo show at Indiana Grand … Belmont’s closing weekend … Tiz …

By Margaret Ransom Peter Callaghan’s multiple Grade 2-winning filly Swiss Skydiver was among the 13 names dropped into Keeneland’s entry box for Saturday’s $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and she was promptly made the …

By Mike Farrell The ways and wiles of the graded stakes committee are sometimes inscrutable to mere mortals. The rationale for some races holding exalted positions with others suffering ignominious downgrades is frequently hard to …

By Noel Michaels It’s summer in Southern California, and for horseplayers that can only mean one thing: Del Mar is here! The summer Del Mar season opens early on Friday (July 10) and will usher …

By Ed McNamara The slogan is “Racing as It Was Meant to Be,” and on a chilly April morning or a warm October afternoon, there’s no better place in the world for a racing fan. …

By John Furgele The rivalry between Atlanta and Manchego is becoming more and more intriguing in the harness racing world, with last weekend’s showdown in the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Trot at the Meadowlands a …

By Richard Rosenblatt Why not? The top 3-year-old filly Swiss Skydiver is set to take on the boys in the $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland on Saturday in a 13-horse field vying …