{Tuesday, November 30, 2010}
Noel Michaels is director of player development for New York (Nassau) OTB, and the handicapper for The Race

{Monday, November 29, 2010} EARLY RETIREMENTS HURTING THE SPORT I thought that the downturn in the economy would decrease the number of stakes horses being retired early. Instead, seemingly as fast as the Breeders' Cup Classic was made official,

{Sunday, November 28, 2010} SATURDAY RECAP FROM CHURCHILL Santiva breaks maiden in Kentucky Jockey Club Tom R. Walters' SANTIVA (Giant's Causeway), who had finished second as a maiden in the Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland,

{Thursday, November 25, 2010} JONES LOOKS TO FINISH STRONG IN GAZELLE Cindy Jones will look to put an exclamation point on her brief, albeit successful, one-year training career on Saturday when she runs No Such Word in the Grade 1, $250,000

{Tuesday, November 23, 2010} THANKSGIVING STAKES PREVIEW Six of seven remaining graded stakes on the 2010 New York Racing Association calendar are to be run this week, beginning with the $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap, the traditional Thanksgiving

{Sunday, November 21, 2010} SATURDAY STAKES RECAP PREMIER PEGASUS STAYS PERFECT IN PREVUE More distance proved no problem for Premier Pegasus as he remained undefeated with a gate-to-wire victory in the $100,000 Hollywood

{Friday, November 19, 2010} Churchill's Fall Meet Offers Top-Notch November Racing and Wagering
by Noel Michaels The Churchill Downs Fall meet, which this year was highlighted of course by the Breeders' Cup, is still going

{Thursday, November 18, 2010} Goldikova named Cartier Horse of the Year GOLDIKOVA (Ire) (Anabaa) was named Cartier Horse of the Year at the 2010 Cartier Racing Awards Tuesday night, and the exceptional mare was also awarded the Cartier Older

{Monday, November 15, 2010} A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT In a statement posted Friday on its internet web site, Team Valor International announced it was transferring all of its North American-based Thoroughbreds to trainer Graham Motion. Motion

{Friday, November 12, 2010} LARRY JONES BACK IN THE GAME Larry Jones, who had been among America’s leading trainers the past decade, announced Nov. 11 that he will officially come out of self-imposed retirement and take over the reins of

{Tuesday, November 09, 2010}
Don't Blink -- You'll Miss Aqueduct's Short Main Track Fall Meet
By Noel Michaels Feeling the post Breeders' Cup blues? Looking for the best racing in the country

{Monday, November 08, 2010} MOTT MAKING PLANS FOR BIG 2011 The decision by the owners of Unrivaled Belle to bring the Breeders'Cup Ladies'Classic winner back for a 5-year-old campaign is only part of the reason trainer Bill Mott probably can't

{Sunday, November 07, 2010} BLAME FINISHES FIRST; ZENYATTA WINS The Breeders' Cup Classic run yesterday at Churchill Downs produced a result never before seen in the 27-year history of the race. There were two winners. Blame crossed the finish

{Thursday, November 04, 2010} SARATOGA'S LEADING OWNER COMES TO BREEDERS Entrepreneur and horse owner Mike Repole ' who has the exciting favorite Uncle Mo and Stay Thirsty in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs ' calls himself

{Tuesday, November 02, 2010}  THE REPORT FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS... Air Support breezes half-mile for Juvenile Turf Although he started his career on the dirt, AIR SUPPORT (Smart Strike) has made an early