{Thursday, April 28, 2011} BELMONT SEASON PREVIEW - GOOD RACING RETURNS TO NY By Noel Michaels Six long months at Aqueduct are over and New York is once again poised to become the epicenter of East coast racing with the opening of the Belmont

{Monday, April 25, 2011}

{Sunday, April 24, 2011} Charlie says adios to Jerome rivals With a furlong to go in Saturday's $150,000 Jerome S. (G2) at Aqueduct, ADIOS CHARLIE (Indian Charlie) looked destined to fill the runner-up slot as Justin Phillip (First Samurai) had made a

{Friday, April 22, 2011} HANDICAPPING NOTEBOOK Todd Pletcher shipped UNCLE MO (Indian Charlie) to Churchill Downs to complete his final preparations for this year's Kentucky Derby (G1) on Monday. Last year's juvenile champion has settled down in his stall

{Thursday, April 21, 2011} The Factor jogs under the Twin Spires George Bolton and Fog City's Stable's THE FACTOR (War Front), who loomed as a possible favorite for the Kentucky Derby (G1) until his seventh-place finish in last week's $1 million Arkansas

{Tuesday, April 19, 2011} GALLANT DREAMS SET TO AUDITION AT JEROME Trainer Tom Albertrani and owner Charlotte Weber earned their way to the Kentucky Derby when Brilliant Speed won last Saturday's Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland by

{Monday, April 18, 2011} KENTUCKY DERBY NEWS Stay Thirsty, Decisive Moment post half-mile drills under the Twin Spires Repole Stable's STAY THIRSTY (Bernardini) and Just for Fun Stable's DECISIVE MOMENT (With Distinction)

{Monday, April 11, 2011} Newsdad, Pletcher trio tune up for Blue Grass Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott was all smiles on Sunday morning after NEWSDAD (Arch) turned in an impressive work in advance of Saturday's $750,000 Blue Grass (G1) at

{Sunday, April 10, 2011} Joe Vann wins Illinois Derby for Pletcher Zayat Stables' JOE VANN (Silver Deputy) salvaged one of the three Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races on Saturday for trainer Todd Pletcher, winning the $300,000 Illinois Derby

{Thursday, April 07, 2011} Premier Pegasus heads 11-horse Santa Anita Derby If PREMIER PEGASUS (Fusaichi Pegasus) is to make good on his 8-5 morning-line favoritism among 11 entrants in Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Derby (G1),

{Monday, April 04, 2011} QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE FLORIDA DERBY Sunday's Florida Derby at Gulfstream, narrowly won by Dialed In, was a good news, bad news affair that raised as many questions as it answered. First, the good news: Dialed

{Sunday, April 03, 2011} Handicapping the preps: The Florida Derby "Bill Clinton will lose to any Republican who doesn't drool on stage." -- The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 1995. Some situations demand epistemological modesty, and handicapping

{Friday, April 01, 2011} THE DERBY'S BIG THREE This time of year, horse racing is all about the 3-year-olds, the glamour division, the youngsters who race for floral blankets and TV fame and lucrative futures that include amorous afternoons,