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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
“I thought he looked great,” Shug McGaughey said of his 2019 dual Grade 1 winner. “We’re just getting him started and he went off easy,
How many ways does racing want to reach into bettors’ pockets? The catalyst for this question is a fairly recent pitch on automated betting machines.
HRI Edited Release – JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP W.S. Farish’s Code of Honor was once again part of a dramatic ending that saw a stewards
A trio of familiar entities will be missing from Santa Anita when it inaugurates a new season Friday. Two are addition by subtraction. The other
No pun intended, but we’ve lost track of how many stakes, surface, and course records were set this season at the Spa. We’re setting the
LAS VEGAS–Shug McGaughey has never been a fan of West Coast racing. This is true even when the Breeders’ Cup is at Santa Anita or
I’m about to commit Thoroughbred heresy and, in the process, incur the wrath of racing fans, Breeders’ Cup, and Santa Anita Park. But if the
When a jockey mounts a horse, the horses gets tense. The best riders are those who get horses to relax despite the weight of a
With a wide sweep on the far turn at Saratoga, the momentum carrying him seven paths wide into the straight, the newly matured and much
LAS VEGAS–A very few races transcend the quality of their field. No matter who runs, it is a special event, a happening. The Triple Crown
Compilation photo by HRI staff By Tom Jicha The earliest opening and longest meeting in Saratoga history could not have come soon enough. The onslaught
Indeed, it’s a small field with some nice horses that could develop into really good horses in time. Many have a good story to tell
