{Sunday, May 30, 2010} FIRST DUDE LOOKS SHARP Two candidates for Saturday's 142nd Belmont Stakes turned in their final major workouts yesterday at Belmont Park. First Dude, who figures to be the second or third betting choice coming

{Friday, May 28, 2010} FRIDAY'S BELMONT UPDATE
Ice Box fires bullet half-mile; Dave in Dixie added to Belmont field Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up ICE BOX (Pulpit) sizzled a half-mile in a bullet :46 3/5 Thursday morning over

{Thursday, May 27, 2010} Field of 10 shaping up for Belmont Pasadena S. winner MAKE MUSIC FOR ME (Bernstein), one of 10 hopefuls for the 142nd running of the $1 million Belmont S. (G1) on June 5, jogged for a second day around the Belmont

{Saturday, May 22, 2010} MONMOUTH NOW MADE OF MONEY The curtain rises today on the biggest and boldest innovation in horse racing in 50 years, when Monmouth Park launches an unprecedented million-dollars-a-day summer racing fiesta. There

{Thursday, May 20, 2010} THE PREAKNESS IS PREDICTIVE Going into Preakness Stakes (G1) week following the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), I toyed with a commentary about spacing the Triple Crown races differently to elicit

{Tuesday, May 18, 2010} PREAKNESS REFLECTION; BELMONT LOOKAHEAD Everyone found out Saturday why trainer Dale Romans would have been upset if First Dude was excluded from the Preakness field, which was a distinct possibility early last

{Monday, May 17, 2010} DERBY & PREAKNESS WINNERS SKIP BELMONT The stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course, which hosted a raucous postrace party on Saturday after the Preakness Stakes, was practically barren 12 hours later Sunday morning,

{Sunday, May 16, 2010} CLEAN RIDE PAYS OFF FOR BAFFERT Lookin At Lucky finally — yes, finally — lived up to his name and his billing. The year’s unluckiest horse in America finally got clear sailing in a horse race, finally got the

{Saturday, May 15, 2010} PICKING THE PREAKNESS? LOOK TO THE DERBY Todd Pletcher cannot help looking past the Preakness Stakes. He likes Super Saver’s chances in the second leg of the Triple Crown, and the odds and recent history say he

{Friday, May 14, 2010} NEWCOMERS LOOK TO SPOIL CROWN BID Pleasant Prince did not succeed in the Florida Derby, so he has tried, and tried, and now will try again. A nose loss in the Florida Derby completely changed the campaign of

{Thursday, May 13, 2010} Preakness hopefuls arrive at Pimlico Kentucky Derby (G1) winner SUPER SAVER (Maria's Mon) arrived at Pimlico Wednesday afternoon in a quest to add Saturday's 135th Preakness S. (G1) to his Triple Crown resume. The

{Tuesday, May 11, 2010} LOOKS LIKE 13 IN PREAKNESS Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Pimlico we go for the second leg of the Triple Crown, the 135th Preakness Stakes, in which Super Saver, the Kentucky Derby winner, will face another large

{Monday, May 10, 2010} CALIFORNIA LONGSHOT COULD BE MONEY AT PREAKNESS Unlike the Kentucky Derby, which had two winners pay $100-plus in just the past six years, bombs-away long shots are few and far between in the Preakness Stakes. The

{Sunday, May 09, 2010} WEEKEND PREAKNESS REPORT Caracortado, First Dude work for Preakness; Super Saver might breeze With just four days before the post position draw, the field for the 135th running of the Preakness

{Friday, May 07, 2010} FRIDAY'S PREAKNESS REPORT Schoolyard Dreams drills at Monmouth for Preakness Multiple Grade 3-placed SCHOOLYARD DREAMS (Stephen Got Even), who finished ahead of Super Saver (Maria's Mon)

{Thursday, May 06, 2010} THURSDAY PREAKNESS REPORT SUPER SAVER BACK ON TRACK Trainer Todd Pletcher's Super Saver returned to the track yesterday morning for the first time since winning Saturday's Kentucky Derby and jogged

{Monday, May 03, 2010} DERBY FIELD EXITS IN GOOD SHAPE Trainer Alexis Barba expressed pleasure with both the performance of MAKE MUSIC FOR ME (Bernstein) and the manner in which the bay colt came out of his late-closing, fourth-place

{Sunday, May 02, 2010} BOREL GIVES PLETCHER HIS DREAM What more can you say about Calvin Borel? He’s the jockey who set the world alight with his daring ride to win the Kentucky Derby three years ago on Street Sense. He then uncorked