{Friday, September 30, 2011} HAVRE DE GRACE & BLIND LUCK AIM AT GOALS When Larry Jones took over as the trainer of Havre de Grace earlier this year, he was immediately struck by how effortlessly she did everything. Here is a man who has

{Thursday, September 29, 2011} BELMONT FEELING "SUPER" FOR SATURDAY The Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, to be run for the 93rd time on Saturday at Belmont Park, has long been a stepping stone to Horse of the Year. And while there

{Monday, September 26, 2011} UNCLE MO TURNS IN BLISTERING HALF-MILE With owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher watching, 2010 juvenile champion Uncle Mo blazed four furlongs in a bullet :46.57 over Belmont Park's training track for his

{Thursday, September 22, 2011} COUNTDOWN TO THE CUP Let’s be honest, this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) needs a boost, especially with Zenyattamania and even a double dose of Curlin still fresh in everyone’s mind. The most obvious boost

{Monday, September 19, 2011} UNBRIDLED HUMOR WINS THE NOBLE DAMSEL It wasn’t the trip her connections were hoping for, but it was the result the mattered most as Unbridled Humor became a graded stakes winner, taking Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000

{Friday, September 16, 2011} CURRENT ODDS FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR The way I see it, Havre de Grace, Blind Luck and Tizway are co-favorites at this point in the race for the 2011 Horse of the Year title. These are my current Horse of the Year

{Thursday, September 15, 2011} Summer, Natalma potentially key Breeders' Cup preps After Pluck (More Than Ready) paid $14.80 and More Than Real (More Than Ready) $29.20 following their respective Breeders' Cup juvenile turf victories at Churchill

{Monday, September 12, 2011} REMATCH AHEAD AT BELMONT SATURDAY Lake Placid winner Hungry Island and beaten Lake Placid favorite Winter Memories both put in workouts Sunday morning at Belmont Park in preparation for their rematch in next Saturday’s

{Sunday, September 11, 2011} Grassy edges clear in Bowling Green Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm's homebred GRASSY (El Prado [Ire]) waited patiently for a cue from jockey Garrett Gomez while chasing a tepid pace Saturday in the $150,000

{Friday, September 09, 2011} CREAM OF THE CROP EYES BELMONT MEET While the Belmont fall meet has lost its championship moniker in the Breeders’ Cup era, it has the potential to regain that lofty status this year. The 37-day meet that begins

{Thursday, September 08, 2011} Drill survives eventful Del Mar Futurity DRILL (Lawyer Ron) didn't get much respect as the 4-1 third choice in Del Mar's closing day feature, the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1), on Wednesday, but the Bob Baffert

{Monday, September 05, 2011} COAST TO COAST SUNDAY STAKES RECAP Grace Hall scores in Spinaway Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables LLC and Stuart Grant's GRACE HALL (Empire Maker) was content to stalk the early pace in Sunday's

{Sunday, September 04, 2011} FILLY SHOWS GRACE In a courageous effort that recalled Rachel Alexandra's historic victory two years ago, the 4-year-old filly Havre de Grace took on the boys in the Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward Stakes and beat them

{Friday, September 02, 2011} HAVRE DE GRACE AIMS AT HORSE OF THE YEAR With an eye toward a late-season run at a Horse of the Year title, the owner and trainer of Havre de Grace have chosen to face males in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes Saturday

{Thursday, September 01, 2011} HOW TO BET CLOSING WEEK AT SARATOGA The Travers is over; the storm is gone. But it's hardly goodnight, Irene, at the Old Spa. With less than a week of racing left at the meet, there will be more action than usual,