{Sunday, May 30, 2010} Quality Road faces seven in Met Mile One-turn miles have a tendency to separate the wheat from the chaff, exposing sprinters who lack the stamina to go farther as well as routers without sufficient speed to win

{Friday, May 28, 2010} TOUGH CHALK
by John Piesen Conventional wisdom says The Belmont Stakes, in view of the absence of the Derby and Preakness winners, is a wide-open race. Unlike the Derby, which had a 6-1 favorite,

{Thursday, May 27, 2010} MONMOUTH'S APPROACH A MODEL TO FOLLOW New Jersey, which discovered that casino money is not the silver bullet to cure Thoroughbred racing's ills, is taking a different approach to saving the sport. It's emulating

{Tuesday, May 25, 2010} BIG DOINGS IN NEW YORK
by John Piesen On and off the racetrack, this was a newsworthy weekend for New York racing. On the racetrack, we saw some brilliant performances, notably from the stakes

{Thursday, May 20, 2010} Piesen Cashes Wednesday At Belmont!
R5: Coaltown Legend WON $8.90 ************************* John's 2-for-2 on The Triple Crown!
Follows up his

{Tuesday, May 18, 2010} ON TO THE BELMONT
by John Piesen Racing is getting bashed this week since neither the Derby or Preakness winner will show for the Belmont Stakes, leaving the third jewel in the Triple Crown to stand

{Monday, May 17, 2010} BAFFERT SAVORS BIG WIN At 57 years of age, Bob Baffert has seen it all, won it all and savored it all in the racing business, but early yesterday, outside the Pimlico stakes barn, he tasted the

{Sunday, May 16, 2010} YOUNG RIDER IS KING He is a kid. Martin Garcia has been in this country for less than seven years and looks at the United States with a sense of wonder, whether from behind the counter of a Northern California delicatessen

{Friday, May 14, 2010} YOU NEVER KNOW
by John Piesen Back in mid-April, a horse named Eskendereya was being hailed as the biggest Kentucky Derby lock of our lifetime. One bad step later, he was retired to stud, and

{Monday, May 10, 2010} Aikenite, Pleasant Prince continue Preakness preparations AIKENITE (Yes It's True) tuned up for an anticipated run in Saturday's Preakness S. (G1) with a five-furlong, in-company move in 1:01 2/5 on Sunday at

{Friday, May 07, 2010} FINAL DERBY THOUGHTS A week ago, as I was shaving, it suddenly occurred to me that I could not remember which horse Calvin Borel was riding in the Kentucky Derby. “I need to find out who that is,” I thought. As

{Thursday, May 06, 2010} THE ROAD TO BALTIMORE... Super Saver, Derby runners return to the track Kentucky Derby (G1) winner SUPER SAVER (Maria's Mon) returned to the track Wednesday

{Monday, May 03, 2010} PREAKNESS NEXT FOR SUPER SAVER The Sunday before the Kentucky Derby, Todd Pletcher held a press conference at Churchill Downs to announce that Eskendereya, the favorite, was out of the race with an injury. Yesterday,