{Tuesday, June 30, 2009} Mine That Bird works half-mile at Churchill Kentucky Derby (G1) winner MINE THAT BIRD (Birdstone) worked a half-mile in :51 over a fast track Monday morning at Churchill Downs in his first serious training

{Monday, June 29, 2009}   RACHEL & ZENYATTA LOOK TO THE FUTURE INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Zenyatta will be pointed for the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 9, trainer John Shirreffs said on

{Sunday, June 28, 2009} Rachel rules the roost in Mother Goose With the scratches of Hopeful Image (Gulch) and Don't Forget Gil (Kafwain), superstar filly RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d'Oro) was left with only two rivals in the $270,000

{Friday, June 26, 2009} RACHEL AND ZENYATTA One half-hour after he rides Rachel Alexandra in the Mother Goose late Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park, Calvin Borel is listed

{Thursday, June 25, 2009} NO RESPECT As far as I know, the late Rodney Dangerfield was not a horse player. But he certainly could have been talking about horse players when he uttered his catch phrase: "...I get no respect, no respect

{Wednesday, June 24, 2009} NO RESPECT
by John Piesen As far as I know, the late Rodney Dangerfield was not a horse player. But he certainly could have been talking about horse players when he uttered his catch phrase: "...I get no respect,

{Tuesday, June 23, 2009} Breeders' Cup Challenge expands to 62 races The Breeders' Cup Challenge, a series of automatic qualifying races for the $25.5 million 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships, will will expand this year with a

{Monday, June 22, 2009} Eye of the Leopard Rolls To Queen's Plate In spite of drifting out in the stretch, favored Eye of the Leopard edged past front-running Mr. Foricos Two U in the final strides to win the $883,819 Queen's Plate, the

{Saturday, June 20, 2009} After Mother Goose, What Next for Rachel Alexandra

Friday, June 19, 2009
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, June 18, 2009--Following four recent workouts--her last an absolute beauty--and after another scheduled for

{Friday, June 19, 2009} TAKE FIVE Hollywood Park may be heading for the scrap heap, but at least -- thanks to the Pick Six --- the historic downtown LA racetrack is going out with a bang. Thanks to a pair of $38 bombs in the first two legs of the Thursday

{Wednesday, June 17, 2009} WHO'S NUMBER ONE? Turf writers clearly are unforgiving souls. If you need a reminder, check out this week's NTRA poll of North America's top horses. You will find that Einstein fell from first to fourth

{Monday, June 15, 2009} BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL Turf writers have it easy after the favorite wins a stake. You seek out the connections of the winner, scribble a few notes, and hustle back to the ol' computer to write your lead. If you're

{Sunday, June 14, 2009} A PICK-4 RECAP FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS Macho Again rallies from last to first in Foster West Point Thoroughbreds' MACHO AGAIN (Macho Uno) rallied boldly into contention on the far turn

{Friday, June 12, 2009} PICK-4 & PICK-6 PREVIEW FROM BELMONT PARK The word out of South Carolina is that Cot Campbell's Dogwood Stable is loaded with good 2-year-olds, several of whom will be unveiled at the Saratoga meeting. For

{Wednesday, June 10, 2009}


It will be interesting to see if the rail bias at Belmont Park, which was so pronounced last Saturday on Belmont Stakes day, will carry over into this week. After a three-day break, no one can predict for sure what will

{Monday, June 08, 2009} UNFAIR HEAT ON BOREL
by John Piesen You have to go back to FDR's first term -- 1933 to be precise -- to find the last time that the Belmont Stakes winner was worse than third at the stretch call. So

{Sunday, June 07, 2009} Summer Bird surprises in Belmont ELMONT, N.Y. - It was the 65th anniversary of D-Day on Saturday. At Belmont Park, that stood for Desormeaux Day. A crowd estimated by New York Racing Association officials at

{Friday, June 05, 2009}

THE LONGEST DAY
When they filmed The Longest Day a few years back, surely this is not what they had in mind. But, indeed, June 6, 2009, will be the longest day in the history of New York racing. Thirteen

{Wednesday, June 03, 2009} COUNTDOWN TO THE BELMONT STAKES
BELMONT STAKES POST DRAWN WEDNESDAY Mine That Bird drew No. 7 in field of 10 at the post position draw Wednesday

{Monday, June 01, 2009} ONE WEIRD BELMONT This is one weird Belmont. Consider... 1) That this is the first Belmont in our lifetime not about a horse, but about a jockey. Madison Avenue's story line implores us to come see Calvin Borel