{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} JOHN CONTE'S HORSES TO WATCH: AUGUST EDITION

2009 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Champion John Conte reached the top of his profession by developing comprehensive and complete information on horses around the

{Thursday, July 08, 2010} JOHN CONTE'S HORSES TO WATCH: JULY EDITION

2009 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Champion John Conte reached the top of his profession by developing comprehensive and complete information on horses around the

{Wednesday, June 16, 2010} JOHN CONTE'S HORSES TO WATCH: JUNE EDITION 2009 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Champion John Conte reached the top of his profession by developing comprehensive and complete information on horses around the country.

{Sunday, June 13, 2010} CHURCHILL'S BIG SATURDAY Blame game in Stephen Foster In a precursor of what might come in the November 6 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm's homebred BLAME

{Thursday, June 10, 2010} STAKES ACTION AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Blame draws outside in Stephen Foster Multiple Grade 2 winner BLAME (Arch) will bring a three-race winning streak into the $600,000 Stephen Foster H. (G1), including

{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} Rachel Returns To Saratoga Following another successful visit to the Jersey Shore, where she won the $400,000 Lady's Secret at Monmouth on Saturday, reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returned to Saratoga

{Monday, July 26, 2010} SANFORD STAKES RECAP Overlooked Maybesomaybenot took the lead from the inside post for jockey Julien Leparoux and never looked back, springing a 9-1 surprise in the $150,000 Sanford Stakes (gr. II) by 1 1/2

{Sunday, July 25, 2010} RACHEL TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS A cool and collected Rachel Alexandra, the reigning Horse of the Year, captured the $400,000 Lady's Secret Stakes for fillies and mares in the oppressive heat Saturday at Monmouth

{Tuesday, July 20, 2010} DEL MAR 2010 SEASON HANDICAPPING PREVIEW
By Noel Michaels It's summer in Southern California, and for horseplayers, that can only mean one thing: Del Mar. The annual Del Mar thoroughbred meet

{Monday, July 19, 2010} BEJANARO RIDING HIGH Whether it's life or horse racing, people say it all the time when someone has a really bad spill. You fall, you get right back in the saddle. For a

{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} A SMASH SPA OPENING
by John Piesen  From a personal standpoint, the opening four-day weekend at Saratoga was a smash. For opening last Friday, John Piesen Racing (888 612 2283) released Le Mi Geaux

{Monday, July 26, 2010} Giant Moon at his best for Shipman If his last two races are any indication, Giant Moon appears to be back to the form that made him the champion New York-bred 2-year-old of 2007 as well as a graded-stakes-winning

{Sunday, July 25, 2010} Pletcher outlines Saratoga plans Todd Pletcher has already won six Saratoga training titles, and a deep barn will help his chances of garnering his seventh crown in 2010. Saratoga will offer six graded stakes

{Friday, July 23, 2010}
A TOUGH GAME                    There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of job security in training

{Thursday, July 22, 2010} Mine That Bird turns in penultimate work for Whitney MINE THAT BIRD (Birdstone), winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby (G1), worked a mile Wednesday morning at Saratoga in preparation for his next start, the

{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} Rachel likely to stay home next time Following another successful visit to the Jersey Shore, where she won the $400,000 Lady's Secret at Monmouth on Saturday, reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returned

{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} Richard's Kid takes Cougar II route again to Pacific Classic One year ago, RICHARD'S KID (Lemon Drop Kid) used a near-miss effort in the 1 1/2-mile Cougar II

{Sunday, July 25, 2010} DEL MAR REPORT The Usual Q.T. gets second Grade 1 in Read The Usual Q.T. had a six-race winning streak in the second half of 2009 that featured four stakes

{Friday, July 23, 2010} DEL MAR DOINGS Well-matched seven vie for Eddie Read A field of seven has been entered to go nine furlongs on Del Mar's turf in Sunday's $300,000 Eddie Read H. (G1), and any one of the group

{Thursday, July 22, 2010} TRACK WILL BE WATCHED AT DEL MAR Of particular interest to horsemen will be the Del Mar Polytrack surface. Last year, there were problems early on, with six catastrophic injuries during a 10-day span, and trainers

{Wednesday, July 28, 2010} SARATOGA BARN NOTES Fly Down, Aikenite, Friend Or Foe, A Little Warm tune up for Jim Dandy

Dwyer winner and Belmont Stakes runner-up Fly Down tuned up for Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Jim

{Tuesday, July 27, 2010} Jim Dandy workers out in force at the Spa Dwyer S. (G2) winner and Belmont S. (G1) runner-up FLY DOWN (Mineshaft) tuned up for Saturday's $500,000 Jim Dandy S. (G2) with a bullet move Monday morning under jockey

{Monday, July 26, 2010} JOCKEY MAKES HISTORY AT SARATOGA SUNDAY Jockey Javier Castellano rode his way into the history books at Saratoga Race Course yesterday, riding five straight winners in races 2 through 6. Castellano, 32, began

{Sunday, July 25, 2010} SANFORD STAKES TRAINER ANGLES Recently a reader asked for tips on how Thoroughbred trainers get their horses into the winner's circle. This is the second installment. If you missed the first, it was in this space

{Friday, July 23, 2010} HANDICAPPING SARATOGA & DEL MARYou almost wish that Saratoga and Del Mar ran during different times in the summer. With the overlap of their schedules now, it's a feast that is too much to consume. Saratoga begins