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Although the Belmont Stakes (G1) is not the Belmont as we know it, far from it, by being run around one turn at a mile and an eighth with a testing pace likely down that long straightaway, this version of the Belmont may actually be more attractive to breeders than the traditional Belmont Stakes, as it should resemble the Met Mile (G1) more than ...

Looking back at my Triple Crown memories, one of the special ones was in 1997 when 
I flew to Louisville from New York about a week before the Belmont Stakes (G1) after making arrangements to fly back to New York with Silver Charm on his quest to become the first Triple Crown winner in 19 years. The plan was to fly there to watch Silver ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow Despite the Derby Day assault by the Baffert Brigade, he holds on to the No. 1 spot as we head into the makeshift spring schedule beginning with the Matt Winn Stakes (G3) May 23. Whenever stakes are carded, such as this year’s version of the Belmont Stakes (G1), he will be ready, ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow Just when you thought Tiz the Law was shifting his gears to neutral following the Curlin Florida Derby (G1), breezing an easy :52 4/5 half-mile, he shifts back into drive with a sharp 1:00 3/5 work for five furlongs. That should help set him up for...uh, nothing. With no races on ...

It was 1971, the height of the Women's Liberation Movement, more commonly knows as Women's Lib, when women fought against what they considered male supremacy. Even the cigarette advertisers got into the act with the successful TV commercials for Virginia Slims, a cigarette designed specifically for women, with the often-used phrase ''You've come a ...