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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
By Peter Applebee — The Triple Crown races are now in the rear view mirror. Half the racing calendar year is over. Questions have been answered,
By NYRA Press Staff — Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher sent a trio of Belmont Stakes contenders in Bourbonic, Known Agenda and Overtook to breeze on Big Sandy on
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL., May 20, 2021 – In two weeks, the Belmont Stakes will not test a champion… but it might, and at year’s end
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, May 16, 2021 – This morning had an odd sense of calm after a storm. All the horses that were supposed to
HALLANDALE BEACH, January 4, 2021 – The first prep races of the 2021 Triple Crown season came and went over the weekend. Perhaps the term
By Press Release — The Breeders’ Cup Classic and Kentucky Derby winner, has been retired to B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., where
We’ve set it before and there’s no good reason to stop now. As a Thoroughbred racing event, the Breeders’ Cup never fails to fire. Off
By Preakness Press Staff — Grupo 7C Stable’s Jesus’ Team, third in the Jim Dandy (G2) and fourth in the Haskell (G1), will be supplemented
By Gulfstream Press Staff — Gladys, a full sister to 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, is scheduled to make her debut Friday at
On balance, clichés become clichés because they’re true: “Good Racing Is Good Business,” but that not only applies to Saratoga. On Saturday, Monmouth Park attracted
In the Thoroughbred racing industry, justice it just a seven-letter word. It’s no different in meaning than its antonyms; words like prejudice or inequality or
By Gulfstream Press Staff – With the schedules for the 2020 Triple Crown and other major stakes for 3-year-olds finally firming up, trainer Patrick Biancone is
Even if it is a classic, who might have the courage to show up in the first leg of 2020’s Asterisk Triple Crown to challenge
Anyone with a three-digit IQ understands that life will never be the same again. But with Saturday’s announcements that Belmont Park will open June 4
What does Churchill Downs have to do to establish beyond any reasonable doubt that it does not give a whit about racing? The only thing
