24 Jun 2012 10:03 PM
Each year, I keep thinking there is no cure for Triple Crown trail withdrawal....
20 Jun 2012 8:43 AM
So, after nearly 40 years, the Maryland Jockey Club, after hearing two hours of testimony and forensic analyses, finally has awarded the Preakness stakes record to Secretariat. ...
14 Jun 2012 11:41 AM
It was Damascus who breathed life into a hollow existence, numbed from years of toiling mindlessly on Wall Street....
11 Jun 2012 3:05 PM
In his hauntingly melodic song, "Hallelujah," Leonard Cohen wrote, "Baby I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor."...
08 Jun 2012 1:21 PM
We won't even begin to express our disappointment and disgust over the scratch of I'll Have Another. All we will do for now is kill the paragraphs already written and leave the leftovers. This is what is left of the Belmont Stakes....
07 Jun 2012 6:33 PM
What do Bobby Frankel, Max Hirsch, and John Sabini, chairman of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, have in common? They have all used Barn 2 on the Belmont backstretch to leave an indelible mark on Thoroughbred racing. The first two gave racing countless thrills. The third gave it a black eye. Yes, we know the implementation of a “stakes” barn for the Belmont Stakes horses is supposed to...
04 Jun 2012 7:32 PM
Steve Jordan will be celebrating his 64th birthday on Saturday, a day that could be made more exciting if I'll Have Another should win the Belmont Stakes and become the first horse in 34 years to sweep the Triple Crown. But this will not be the first time Jordan's birthday has fallen on a day when a Triple Crown sweep was on the line....
03 Jun 2012 7:49 PM
After 34 years and 11 failures, this is the year the Triple Crown will be conquered...right? It's so close you can taste it. ...
01 Jun 2012 8:58 AM
So, I'll Have Another will gallop up to the Belmont Stakes. Well, that's what we've been told. Officially, that is correct, as there will be nothing on the worktab under the name I'll Have Another....