{Monday, October 31, 2011} PLETCHER PLEASED WITH UNCLE MO Led by Uncle Mo and Stay Thirsty, Todd Pletcher’s candidates for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, four Classic runners had their final works at Churchill Downs on Sunday morning, and two

{Thursday, October 27, 2011} ANOTHER CLASSIC The Breeders' Cup pre-entries were announced on Wednesday, and as usual, the fields are large and talent-filled, creating no shortage
of tempting betting opportunities. Actually, even more

{Monday, October 24, 2011} WORKOUT REPORT AT CHURCHILL DOWNS The King and the Queen of Breeders’ Cup ’11, Uncle Mo and Havre de Grace, have yet to arrive at Churchill Downs. But two of their potential rivals in this year’s Classic, To Honor

{Thursday, October 20, 2011} PICTURE PERFECT? At times, we all have been wrong calling photos, but I've never seen a case quite like the fifth race at Keeneland last Sunday.

Fort Harrod, the favorite, looked home free when

{Monday, October 17, 2011} Mott pupils take to the track in preparation for Breeders' Cup A trio of Breeders' Cup contenders from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott -- To Honor and Serve (Classic), Royal Delta (Ladies' Classic) and

{Friday, October 14, 2011} BOISTERIOUS READY FOR KNICKERBOCKER After a couple of unsuccessful tries in Grade 1 marathon races, Boisterous drops back in class and distance when he meets eight rivals in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Knickerbocker

{Wednesday, October 12, 2011} TWO-DAY CARRYOVER


By John Piesen: What with the Yanks collapse and the NBA nonsense, New York sports fans are starving for action these days.

And so it's Belmont Park to the rescue Thursday afternoon with a two-day

{Tuesday, October 11, 2011} HEADACHE HEADED TO BC CLASSIC Watching three horses – Headache, Where’s Sterling, and Cease – with no Grade 1 credentials slog through the Hawthorne Race Course homestretch in Saturday’s Hawthorne Gold Cup hardly

{Sunday, October 09, 2011} UNION RAGS LIKES TASTE OF CHAMPAGNE Kentucky, here I come. That was the message sent by thoroughbred racing's new superstar, the 2-year-old colt Union Rags, who burst through a traffic jam at the top of the stretch

{Thursday, October 06, 2011} THE JOY OF SIX by John Piesen The best investment in horse racing for years has been the John Piesen Full Card on major race days. The latest example was Super Saturday last weekend at Belmont Park when

{Tuesday, October 04, 2011} Keeneland lists probables for FallStars weekend With entries scheduled to be drawn Tuesday for Friday's opening day of the 17-day Fall Meeting, fields are taking shape for Keeneland's FallStars Weekend that features

{Sunday, October 02, 2011} Havre de Grace romps in Beldame Fox Hill Farm's Havre de Grace easily lived up to her 2-5 favoritism in Saturday's $343,000 Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park, dragging jockey Ramon Dominguez to the lead exiting the