{Monday, January 31, 2011} BILL MOTT STARTS BACK DOWN TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott finally won his first Triple Crown race last year with Drosselmeyer in the Belmont Stakes. Now Churchill Downs' all-time victory leader

{Sunday, January 30, 2011} Evening Jewel outshines Distaff rivals; Tackleberry holds in Classic Ever since EVENING JEWEL (Northern Afleet) made her four-year-old bow a fifth-place run in the Monrovia S. (G3), talk has circulated that the

{Thursday, January 27, 2011} SUNSHINE MILLIONS PREVIEW Gulfstream gears up for stakes-packed weekend Gulfstream Park has a jam-packed weekend scheduled as it plays host to the $400,000 Holy Bull S. (G3), the first major prep

{Monday, January 24, 2011} .ALL-FLORIDA FIELD FOR SUNSHINE MILLIONS CLASSIC The Sunshine Millions is restricted to Florida-breds and California-breds but no Cal-breds were entered for the Classic. First Dude drew the rail and will likely

{Sunday, January 23, 2011} SATURDAY RECAP: GULFSTREAM & SANTA ANITA Wilkinson puts out the Fire in Lecomte Saturday's $96,000 Lecomte S. (G3) wasn't originally on the radar screen for Gaillardia Racing's homebred WILKINSON

{Saturday, January 22, 2011} GREAT ATTACK SEEKS 3rd STRAIGHT WIN AT GULFSTREAM Trainer Wesley Ward is hoping to get an invitation to the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint on Dubai World Cup day for his turf sprint specialist Great Attack. Sunday's

{Tuesday, January 18, 2011} DERBY DREAMS FOR UNCLE MO When he was a kid growing up in Queens, Mike Repole wanted to do one of two things when he wasn't a child anymore. The first dream

{Sunday, January 16, 2011} SANTA ANITA STAKES RECAP Tapizar justifies reputation in Sham When trainer Steve Asmussen brought a select squad to Santa Anita for the first time this winter, a couple of well-regarded Kentucky

{Thursday, January 13, 2011} A STAKES SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA Grade 1 winner SIDNEY'S CANDY (Candy Ride [Arg]) will seek his second stakes victory of the Santa Anita meet when he lines

{Tuesday, January 11, 2011} GULFSTREAM STAKES RUNNER-UPS HAVE CHALLENGES AHEAD Both Rule and Leave of Absence finished second in their 2011 debuts on Saturday, with Rule a runner-up to Soaring Empire in

{Monday, January 10, 2011} May Day Rose scores in scratch-reduced Santa Ysabel Trainer Bob Baffert summed up Sunday's $92,000 Santa Ysabel S. (G3) at Santa Anita with one simple remark: "It was a good

{Sunday, January 09, 2011} NOTES FROM AQUEDUCT & SANTA ANITA There have been seven racing days through Sunday's card at Santa Anita. The winter/spring meet opened Dec. 26. I've heard two primary observations from fans following the proceedings. The

{Thursday, January 06, 2011} UNCLE MO CARRIES A BIG BURDEN It is now 2011 and that means we have officially embarked on the Kentucky Derby trail. Here in the East it's been difficult to see even the slightest hint of rose

{Tuesday, January 04, 2011} DO YOU HAVE A GULFSTREAM PARK STRATEGY?
Gulfstream Park is the Eastern epicenter of Thoroughbred racing during the winter, and another exceptional and challenging meet is now upon us. As always, Gulfstream

{Monday, January 03, 2011} THE REPORT FROM FLORIDA... Changing Skies back to her best in La Prevoyante Swettenham Stud's homebred CHANGING SKIES (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), a subpar fourth in the November 13 Long Island H. (G3)