GUEST EDITORIAL: THE MET MILE AND THE LOSS OF A GREAT AMERICAN STAKES RACE
By Peter Applebee — The Metropolitan Handicap – the name alone sounds cool. “The Met Mile” as it is commonly called rolls out of your
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By Peter Applebee — The Metropolitan Handicap – the name alone sounds cool. “The Met Mile” as it is commonly called rolls out of your
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
Two turn turf miles at Santa Anita can be vexing, especially one with top horses, connections–and turns. Trips always matter on grass and more so
The competition for all Arkansas Derby contestants got a little easier now that two horses, one in each division of the split Grade 1, have
By Jennie Rees — Michael Hui called it “almost an out-of-body experience” winning his first Grade 1 stakes as Zulu Alpha kicked off his 7-year-old season
The New York Racing Association will host the official post-position draw for the 150th running of the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at 6 p.m. on
We don’t want to be too hard on the 2019 handicap division, particularly those out west not named McKinzie, but even TVG hosts are using
The lunacy continues unabated. The most picturesque event in racing has been put on the shelf in the latest response to the deaths of 30
By John Scheinman Picture the New York Yankees at their zenith, when they won 20 World Series in a 44-year period beginning in 1921.