{Sunday, May 30, 2010} HOUR GLASS SLIPS THROUGH IN VAGRANCY 'CAP Hour Glass, trainer Todd Pletcher's second horse in Belmont Park's Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) (VIDEO), held off Tar Heel Mom by a half-length to win the $150,000 event for

{Friday, May 28, 2010} BELMONT SHAPES UP...SORT OF The 142nd Belmont Stakes is just eight days away. The one and one-half mile contest is developing as an open betting race. That is another way of saying it appears none of the stars of

{Thursday, May 27, 2010} Stately Victor gets in final Kentucky work for Belmont STATELY VICTOR (Ghostzapper), winner of the Blue Grass S. (G1) at Keeneland and eighth to Super Saver (Maria's Mon) in the Kentucky Derby (G1), tuned up

{Monday, May 24, 2010}  
Noel Michaels is director of player development for New York (Nassau) OTB, and the handicapper for The Race Palace, Long Island's

{Saturday, May 22, 2010} Nehantic Kat on rebound in Sheepshead Bay The New York-bred Nehantic Kat has rarely run a bad race when she has stepped into open company. If her last-place finish in last month's Grade 3 Bewitch

{Thursday, May 20, 2010} INNOVATION AT MONMOUTH Horse racing has long been criticized for being unable to make meaningful changes and for clinging to unworkable formulas. So when the horsemen

{Monday, May 17, 2010} Large field shaping up for Belmont In the absence of Kentucky Derby (G1) hero Super Saver (Maria's Mon) and Preakness S. (G1) victor Lookin at Lucky (Smart Strike), a large

{Sunday, May 16, 2010} Lady Luck smiles on Lookin at Lucky in Preakness Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram and Paul Weitman's LOOKIN AT LUCKY (Smart Strike) finally got a clean trip in Saturday's $1 million Preakness S. (G1) at Pimlico

{Saturday, May 15, 2010} DERBY CHAMP ENTERS WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE It’s time to get your Preak on! Two weeks after he won the roses with a 21/2-length victory in the Kentucky Derby, Super Saver guns for the black-eyed Susans in today’s

{Friday, May 14, 2010} Preakness 135: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss The keys to any successful Triple Crown run are speed, stamina, conditioning and luck. The first two are characteristic of the horse; conditioning

{Thursday, May 13, 2010}  Don’t Blink and Miss Maryland’s Best Race Meet at Pimlico
By Noel Michaels Noel is chief handicapper for The Race Palace, Long Island's premier OTB wagering facility, and

{Monday, May 10, 2010} A TRAINER REFLECTS ON DERBY DAY
by Gasper Moschera As you know, the 136th Run For The Roses was a tremendous personal triumph for trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Calvin Borel. The latter rode his third

{Sunday, May 09, 2010} INTERVIEW WITH TODD PLETCHER One week after his long-awaited victory in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) with WinStar Farm’s homebred Super Saver and seven days before the colt’s bid for the

{Friday, May 07, 2010} CHURCHILL DOWNS SPRING MEET PREVIEW
By Noel Michaels The Churchill Downs spring meet, which began on Saturday, April 24, is in full swing now that the 136th running

{Wednesday, May 05, 2010} Derby Stars Super Saver, Ice Box - And Calvin Borel Point Toward Preakness
By Noel Michaels Noel is chief handicapper for The Race Palace, Long Island's premier OTB wagering facility, and director of Personnel

{Monday, May 03, 2010} MONKEY OFF HIS BACK When pari-mutuel windows opened for the 136th entucky Derby, the betting public made one thing clear. No one had any idea who was going to win America’s greatest race. Most people believed