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This week, Belmont Park and Delaware Park agreed to put on an all graded-stakes extravaganza. And, so, again we’re hoping to make a oak-full of
So it’s Independence Day, not Memorial Day, but it does a racing soul good to see the Met Mile once again as the lynchpin on
It was the summer of 1968 when my fiancé, now wife of 51 years, and I made the drive north from New York City to
Two of those four graded stakes at Churchill Downs, the Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis, have Breeders’ Cup implications as win-and-in events. Purses have
When the sports world stopped in the wake of the pandemic, and with bigger fish to fry, sports media was caught up in the overload,
And, so, we begin our 2020 Belmont Stakes sojourn with an apology to the good people of Augusta and our friends at CBS–so long as
A funny thing happened on the way to the Belmont Stakes day program: Southern California broke out! In addition to the *Belmont Stakes, there are
If Saturday’s Belmont Stakes weren’t a classic, part of Triple Crown lore, and “just” another Grade 1 race for three-year-olds not named Kentucky Derby, most
A field of 10 has been entered for the 152nd running of the history making Belmont Stakes, first leg of the 2020 Triple Crown to
How stark the scene at Royal Ascot; clouds and intermittent showers aplenty but nary a punter, champagne glass, or flamboyant millinery anywhere. Was Tuesday in
Selfishly at first, I was miffed by the retirements of my colleagues and good friends, Mark Berner and Tom Jicha, because they believed prevailing industry
One of the hardest variables to decipher now that many of the major venues have returned, is dealing with those revamped schedules. Most inscrutably, what
Prior to Wednesday’s featured event for three-year-olds going a flat mile at Gulfstream Park, the appearance of graded stakes winners Ete Indien and Sole Volante
Shame on me for not getting to this sooner. Guess I’ve been too busy catching up with all the news to think more creatively. At
So, how was your Belmont Day? Mine was fine, thank you. I was safe and warm, wasn’t even in LA, and happy not to be
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