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Charlie Zast of Queens, NY has never missed being in Saratoga on his birthday. But one of these years, August 1 will fall on a weekday and his mom and dad won't be able to drive him up the Taconic to see the ''heeshes'' on the date that he broke his horse racing maiden. In the meantime, he's here and he's happy. ''Heeshes'' is Charlie's ...

People pretending to be someone other than they are constituted a theme. Siro's booked an Elvis Presley tribute band to play in its backyard on Friday evening and the performer who played Elvis took his role so intently that you wondered if he was channeling the original.  Johnny Enright, a fellow from Malta, NY dressed as wrestler Hulk ...

Having established himself as the dominant horse in Macau – where he became the first Triple Crown winner – Luen Yat Forever is set to return to his homeland, Australia, to tackle top-class opposition. The announcement was made following his win in last Saturday’s Star of The Sand Stakes (Macau gr. II event), and the plan calls for his homecoming ...

Optimists will say that NYRA caught a break Thursday when Judge Barry D. Kramer, a former NBA basketball player, ruled that Aqueduct Entertainment Co. could not sue Lottery for excluding it from further consideration in the nine-year process to name a VLT operator for Aqueduct.  But pessimists will point out that Gov. Exit and the two ranking ...

Responding to pressures for new sources of revenue to fund the federal government, on Wednesday of this week the U.S. House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee, approved the “Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act” (H.R. 2267) by a vote of 41-22.  H.R. 2267 was introduced by committee chairman Rep. ...

As previously stated, I am going on vacation this weekend for about 10 days. Though there is plenty to be done before my R&R in Cape May, N.J., I'd like to give some quick picks on this weekend's exciting racing action, and get your thoughts as well. Good luck to everyone this weekend and be sure to look for a couple of guest blogs ...

Following on from Alan Porter's post on the continued success of Dansili, here is a look at his offspring's stakes results over the last two months. Winning distances range from six to 16 furlongs and include grade/group I winners Proviso and Harbinger. In his current crop of 148 two-year-olds, Dansili has seven winners, highlighted by group III ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 OBS August Open Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 24 in Ocala, Florida. Wednesday, August 25 - Hips 201-550, 10:30 AM Thursday, August 26 - Hips 551-901, 10:30 AM NOTE: Click here for the OBS August Selected Yearling Sale to be held August 24. This sale includes Hips 1-200. TrueNicks are ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 OBS August Selected Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held August 24 in Ocala, Florida. Tuesday, August 24 - Hips 1-200, 1 PM TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number. NOTE: Click here for the OBS ...

This summer’s best Saratoga book is Saratoga in Bloom by Glens Falls, NY-born and raised author and photographer Janet Loughrey. Although Loughrey’s illustrated 176-page masterpiece is not about horses or horse racing per se, it reveals plenty of factoids relating to the subjects. For example, did you know that long ago the track converted some ...