If NYRA and the New York jockey colony can reach some form of an accord on Thursday, Aqueduct Park has a good card come Saturday. One of the feature races is the Grade 2, $250,000 dollar Remsen Stakes. 2-year-olds will be tested around two turns at a 1 1/8-mile distance with the top five finishers being awarded Kentucky Derby qualifying points. Here is a brief … Continue reading Who Wins The Remsen Stakes?
World-class Thoroughbred racing returned to Tampa Bay Downs today, (11/19). The Opening Day card of the 2025-2026 meet kicked off the tracks 100th year of operation! Tampa Bay Downs is the only Thoroughbred racetrack on the West Coast of Florida and is known as one of America’s oldest and most well-maintained racetracks. Tampa Bay Downs first opened its doors in 1926 under the name of Tampa Downs and … Continue reading Tampa Bay Downs Live Racing
Live racing returns to Fairgrounds on Thursday (11/20) as the New Orleans racetrack hosts its 154th season. The 2025-26 meet will encompass 70 race days that run through March 22nd. As always, the winter session at Fairgrounds offers racing fans and handicappers some of the best wagering to be found. The track will unveil a renovated paddock area for the 2025-26 meet as well as a new lounge overlooking … Continue reading NOLA Racing Resumes
Over four decades (can that be right?) removed from his sensational jockey career, Steve Cauthen lives the life of a typical Thoroughbred insider in his hometown of Verona in Northern Kentucky. Best known for capturing the 1978 Triple Crown aboard AFFIRMED, Cauthen had established himself as a potential superstar in his first full year as a jockey in 1977. He was honored for that season with three Eclipse Awards—outstanding apprentice and journeyman … Continue reading What A Ride For ‘The Kid’
Most horse racing enthusiasts of a certain age recognize that SECRETARIAT was one of the best — if not THE best — racehorses of all time. Over fifty years later Big Red’s career still resonates with some of the most unforgettable performances in the history of the sport. During the 1973 Triple Crown, SECRETARIAT had a rivalry with a talented colt in his own right, SHAM. A … Continue reading Overshadowed SHAM
There’s no need to run to the window yet, but the holiday season is approaching the starting gate. If you have a horse loving, coffee drinker on your gift list then you might want to consider Saratoga Cool Beans Coffee. Saratoga Cool Beans is a nifty online coffee shop catering to horse loving, coffee drinkers. The website is fun, and you needn’t love horses to enjoy … Continue reading Your Morning Cup of Holiday Giddy-Up
The leading candidate for Horse of the Year- SOVEREIGNTY will not run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar. Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said on Wednesday morning that the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner will be scratched from Saturday’s contest due to a fever. “He was good 24 hours ago. … But then by yesterday afternoon, by seven o’clock … Continue reading Sovereignty Ruled Out Of The Classic
SECRETARIAT, arguably the greatest racehorse of all time, passed away in 1989. 36 years later the jockey of BIG RED– Ron Turcotte has moved into the big Winner’s Circle in-the-sky. One cannot celebrate the greatness that was SECRETARIAT without recognizing Turcotte as a vital member of that dynamic Triple Crown winning team. Watching replays of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes in 1973 it appears as if Turcotte was … Continue reading Ron & Red
Ron Turcotte, the legendary jockey who achieved fame and acclaim for his achievements with SECRETARIAT passed away on Friday. He was 84 years of age. Turcotte’s longtime representative Leonard Lusky said in a statement Friday; ‘Ron was a great jockey and an inspiration to so many, both within and outside the racing world.” Turcotte famously rode SECRETARIAT to the Triple Crown in 1973, sweeping the … Continue reading Rider Up
The $1 million-dollar, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes is Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. It is one of the most important races in the Breeders’ Cup Classic division as well as one of the marquee summertime races in U.S. horse racing. The 1 1/8-mile dirt race is a Win and You’re In Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series qualifier for the BC Classic, giving the Winner an automatic berth to the $7 million dollar … Continue reading Who Wins The Whitney ?
