{Thursday, October 28, 2010} NY BREEDING PROGRAM STILL PRODUCING TOP RUNNERS Aside from the much maligned class of three-year-olds, perhaps no other racing group or organization has taken more hits locally this year than the New York-bred breeding

{Tuesday, October 26, 2010} QUALITY ROAD PREPS FOR CLASSIC Multiple Grade I winner Quality Road was among the plethora of high-profile Breeders' Cup contenders putting in works Sunday as he covered five furlongs in 1:01.41 in company over

{Sunday, October 24, 2010} Friend or Foe takes Empire Classic in stakes-record time Heavily favored FRIEND OR FOE (Friends Lake) returned to the winner's circle Saturday afternoon with a front-running,

{Thursday, October 21, 2010} Gio Ponti to be pre-entered in Breeders' Cup Classic and Mile Multiple 2009 Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti will be cross-entered in both the Breeders’ Cup Classic and the Breeders’ Cup Mile when Breeders’ Cup

{Monday, October 18, 2010} Violon Sacre in tune in Knickerbocker Bernard Weill's VIOLON SACRE (Stravinsky) finished with his trademark flourish to capture Sunday's $100,000 Knickerbocker S. (G3) at Belmont. By catching a loose-on-the-lead

{Sunday, October 17, 2010} Frankel reigns as unbeaten champion after Dewhurst triumph Juddmonte Farms' homebred FRANKEL (Galileo [Ire]) turned a red-hot renewal of Saturday's Dewhurst S. (Eng-G1) at Newmarket into a one-horse show, remaining

{Friday, October 15, 2010} THE RISE OF RUDY As 2010 heads into its final stretch, turf writers will start compiling their most significant stories of the year. Right near the top will be the spectacular emergence of Rudy Rodriguez as a premier

{Thursday, October 14, 2010} MARY'S FOLLIES RETURNS FOR ATHENIA Mary’s Follies, off for the past 11 months, will return to the races Saturday at Belmont Park in the Grade 3, $100,000 Athenia for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Purchased

{Tuesday, October 12, 2010} DOWN THE STRETCH AT BELMONT There are 14 racing days left at the Belmont Park fall meet which closes October 31. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has scheduled four dark days leading up to the November 5

{Sunday, October 10, 2010} UNCLE MO HAS A CHAMPAGNE TOAST After dueling with 22-1 shot I'm Steppin' It Up through a blistering half-mile in :45.92, 1-5 favorite Uncle Mo ran away from his field at the top of the stretch, straight into the

{Friday, October 08, 2010} TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW FOR UNCLE MO Trainer Todd Pletcher knows it would be unrealistic to expect Uncle Mo to run better in Saturday’s Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park than he did winning his debut six weeks

{Thursday, October 07, 2010} Uncle Mo the overwhelming choice in Champagne Trainer Todd Pletcher would have Saturday's $300,000 Champagne S. (G1) cornered, if both halves of his explosive Repole Stable entry of UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie)

{Tuesday, October 05, 2010} WILL THE STARS ALIGN FOR ZENYATTA? The moon is in the seventh house. Jupiter has aligned with Mars. On Saturday, Zenyatta won the Lady's Secret Stakes at Hollywood Park. The victory means she has a clear

{Monday, October 04, 2010} HAYNESFIELD EYES BC CLASSIC Haynesfield came out of his upset victory over Blame in Saturday’s Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational “in very good order,” according to assistant trainer Toby Sheets, who added