Previously I highlighted how fillies have historically fared in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but how have they stacked up in the Belmont Stakes? The Belmont Stakes has produced the fewest filly starters of the …

This year marks the 46th anniversary of the great Secretariat’s record-breaking performance in the 1973 Belmont Stakes, a race that earned the flashy red son of Bold Ruler his Triple Crown, which was in a …

The California Equine Foundation (CERF), the second-ever OTTB retirement facility in the United States when founded in 1986 and once known as the gold standard for OTTB aftercare, had its 501c(3) non-profit status revoked  by …

Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont Stakes is probably the most “normal” from a betting standpoint. In Louisville, of course, the emphasis is on improvement — a quest horses that are ready to …

For the past five months, like just about everyone else whose life and livelihood is entrenched in horse racing, I have watched horses at Santa Anita in California die in record numbers and the owners …

After the controversary and history made in the Kentucky Derby with the highest win payout since 1913 and the first race-day disqualification of Maximum Security, plus an exciting Preakness Stakes, we are granted an extra …

Notwithstanding the victory in 2018 of Triple Crown winner Justify, the Belmont Stakes truly is one of the great unheralded graveyards for favorites in all of horseracing. It has become increasingly difficult for a horse …

All he had to do was look out his window. Marcus Vitali grew up across the street from Narragansett Racetrack in Providence, Rhode Island. His father owned horses and would race at the track in …

They say they’re going to keep it open and state law says that they have to, but what is the future of Monticello Raceway, a track that has hosted daytime harness racing since 1958? There …

Click below to get your free Win Factor Reports (computerized fair odds) and Pace Profile Reports for Belmont Park, Churchill Downs and Woodbine. WIN FACTOR REPORT Uses criteria such as speed, form, class and fitness to …

So you’re not too excited about the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes (G1) because there’s no Triple Crown on the line? So you don’t really care about the race because neither Maximum Security, who …

Click below to get your free Pace Profile Reports for Belmont Park, Churchill Downs and Woodbine. PACE PROFILE REPORT This report features par speed figures along with my unique speed rations and a bunch of other …

Almost since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated by artificial selection — the idea that through careful manipulation of the breeding process, one can achieve a more desirable result, whether that be a …

One of the popular phrases we’ve all heard is that “there are no limits.” A simple web search yields that the following things have no limits — churches, love, the outdoors, travel, your future, learning, …

Mere moments after Tonalist thwarted California Chrome’s quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion in thoroughbred racing history, Steve Coburn, one of the colt’s owners, blasted the Belmont Stakes winner. “It’s all or nothing,” Coburn …