{Friday, October 31, 2008}   ************** After three days of racing we're settled in now at Aqueduct. The opening of a track is always interesting. Trainers are getting to know the track and the cold weather is something for the horses to get used

{Tuesday, October 28, 2008} Two events that happened AFTER the running of the Breeders' Cup Classic pointed out everything that is good about racing, and everything that is bad about racing. The good thing: The 50,000-plus folks who

{Sunday, October 26, 2008} RAVEN OUTPACES CURLIN
by Steve Bailey Day One of the 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships was called Filly Friday. Day Two forever will be known as Euro Saturday. English

{Friday, October 24, 2008} BREEDERS' CUP 2008 Good thing the Breeders' Cup didn't come back to Monmouth Park. The weatherman is predicting torrential rain for the northeast corridor on Saturday, thereby producing slopfests from Belmont

{Tuesday, October 21, 2008} On the premise that big carryovers translate into big business, racing offices throughout the land are encouraged to do their best to create Pick Six carryovers. The NYRA racing office for one has responded big-time to the

{Sunday, October 19, 2008} Ten O'Brien Horses Higlight BC Entries
by Jeff Lowe, Thoroughbred Times Defending Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Curlin headlines a cast of 180 horses pre-entered in the 25th Breeders’ Cup World Championships

{Friday, October 17, 2008} BREEDERS CUP JUST A WEEK AWAY!
14 races over two days---Friday October 24 & Saturday October 25! No Big Brown. No Zarkava. No Commentator. No Proud Spell. No Vineyard Haven. But

{Tuesday, October 14, 2008} How can a turf writer not be cynical after a lifetime in the game? So when news came down Monday that Big Brown was being retired after sustaining a hoof injury during workout Monday morning at Aqueduct, my first reaction was:

{Friday, October 10, 2008} BREEDERS' CUP NOTES You would think that a once-a-year event like the Breeders' Cup would get its act together. First -- two months after NYRA spilled the beans -- the Breeders' Cup people announced this week

{Tuesday, October 07, 2008} You can be sure that Joe Torre has Oct. 25 circled on his calendar. A couple of things have to happen first, but it is possible that Joe could spend that afternoon at Santa Anita watching his Hopeful/Champagne winner Vineyard

{Sunday, October 05, 2008} Champagne & Frizette Stakes Races
from Brisnet.com Vineyard yields vintage Champagne Vineyard Haven's rivals felt punch drunk in Champagne (Debra Kral/Horsephotos.com) Trainer

{Friday, October 03, 2008} AROUND THE TRACK WITH THIS WEEKEND'S STAKES RACES Those of us who saw Touchdown Kid run off the screen in those lurid green and black colors the other day know how tough those Gumpster Stable horses can be. That