{Friday, October 30, 2009} THE BIG Z I've been a huge fan of Zenyatta since April 5, 2008, when I stood atop the Oaklawn Park roof, and watched Zenyatta inhale champion mare Ginger Punch in
the Apple Blossom Handicap...just

{Tuesday, October 27, 2009} FOUR BAGGER With a glittering 10-9-9 record from 54 starters, Ken McPeek already has wrapped up his first Keeneland training title, but look for him to add to that win total in the final week

{Sunday, October 25, 2009} PLETCHER MAY HAVE 11 BC STARTERS Edward P. Evans’ Quality Road, runner-up to Summer Bird in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) in his most recent start, will work five furlongs at Belmont Oct. 26 with John Velazquez

{Friday, October 23, 2009} Piesen Cashes His Best Bet At Belmont On Wednesday & Thursday!
ThursdayR1: Kiddari WON $7.40              Wednesday R7

{Thursday, October 22, 2009} THE COMMON THREAD OF FIVE BIG STAKES I had to dig a little to find a common thread from last weekend's stakes action, but I did find one. Namely...incredibly none of the winners of the five biggest

{Tuesday, October 20, 2009} WEEKEND RECAP & A LOOK AT WEDNESDAY'S PICK-6
by John Piesen I had to dig a little to find a common thread from last weekend's stakes action, but I did find one. Namely...incredibly

{Monday, October 19, 2009} CAN IT HAPPEN TWICE? On April 17, 2008, American racing fans were immersed in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), and no one was even giving the Breeders’ Cup a second thought. But across the Atlantic, there was a scene

{Friday, October 16, 2009} THREE TRAINERS Trainers Todd Pletcher, Rich Dutrow and Larry Jones are making big news these days...and for a variety of reasons: Trainers Pletcher and Dutrow because they own the game. Jones

{Thursday, October 15, 2009} STRIKE THREE? Strike one was the announcement from the little ol' winemaker that Rachel Alexandra, the best horse in North America, would not run in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Strike two came down Tuesday: Sea

{Monday, October 12, 2009} Belmont Runners Doing Well After joining in a boisterous celebration Saturday in the Belmont Park winner's circle, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. suddenly appeared to be in a hurry. His two-year-old HOMEBOYKRIS (Roman

{Sunday, October 11, 2009}   Homeboykris gets Champagne for Dutrow When Futurity (G2) and Saratoga Special (G2) winner D' Funnybone (D'wildcat) was kept out of Saturday's $400,000 Champagne S. (G1), Richard

{Friday, October 09, 2009} BREEDERS CUP PREVIEW DAY AT BELMONT PARK
Stan Hough is one of those nails-tough New York trainers who go about winning races on a regular basis, but generally go ignored by the racing media

{Thursday, October 08, 2009} Rachel Alexandra back at Churchill Downs Last-out Woodward S. (G1) winner RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d'Oro), the three-year-old filly who is the front runner for Horse of the Year honors, returned to her home

{Tuesday, October 06, 2009} BIG RACES MEAN BIG PROFITS
by John Piesen Big races generally mean big profits for the followers of the John Piesen Best Bet Service,...and last Saturday at Belmont

{Monday, October 05, 2009} Pletcher wins two of three off the turf A change of surface may have altered the significance - and for the time the being graded status - of Sunday's Pilgrim and Miss Grillo stakes, but it didn't alter the satisfaction

{Friday, October 02, 2009} SUPER SATURDAY AT BELMONT PARK
by John Piesen
On Saturday afternoon, they will run the $750,000 Cotillion at Philadelphia Park, the $500,000 Indiana Derby at Hoosier, and the $500,000 Hawthorne

{Thursday, October 01, 2009} RACHEL SHIPS TO KENTUCKY NEXT WEEK Rachel Alexandra is enjoying her well-deserved vacation at Saratoga following an arduous and ambitious campaign that culminated with a memorable victory over older males in the