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All the urban horsemen who made the trip upstate are back in Gotham–for real, this is Belmont at Aqueduct, the way it will be for
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, September 10, 2023 – A monarch once said that change does not change tradition, it strengthens it, and that change is a
By Tim Wilkin and Jennie Rees –Saturday’s seventh running of the Grade 2, $1 million The Exacta Systems Franklin-Simpson Stakes at the FanDuel Meet at
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, September 3, 2023 – The racing weekend rolls on and normally this would be a synopsis of the Saratoga meet. But there’s
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, September 1, 2023 — As we take keystroke to tablet on the eve of one of the greatest equine performance of this
I received this email for Chuck from Saratoga the morning after Travers: “I was researching Harvey Pack and found the column (above) that you wrote
Hallandale Beach, FL, August 28, 2023 — Below is a reprint of a letter sent by Joe Applebaum, President of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, August 27, 2023—Travers 2023 was a great day for the women of Thoroughbred racing, Jena Antonucci having her uber talented gray colt
Before any potential rain falls on the racing parade, we hope to strike early with the early favorite in today’s opener at Gulfstream before it
Several very fast sprinters have assembled for today’s Gulfstream feature and we’ve narrowed the group down to top Thoro-Graph figure Gold Magic (2-1), recent 7-furlong
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, December 19, 2022 – I have no idea whether the Graded Stakes Committee believes that altering the status of North American racing
Friday is the next day of racing in Oldsmar, where the forecast calls for fair skies–sandwiched between two wet projections–so here’s hoping as we tackle
Edited Gulfstream Staff Release – Jockey Jose Ortiz got off to a quick start at Gulfstream Park, connecting with his first mount of the Sunshine Meet
In the 1950 movie The Jackie Robinson Story, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Branch Rickey said to the ballplayer: “Jackie, I need a man who can hit,
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL, November 20, 2022 — It was approaching 6 am during the Saratoga race meet decades ago, a time when the Spa was
