Only two months ago, Letruska entered the Apple Blossom Stakes (G1) at Oaklawn as the underdog. While enough bettors offered support to make Letruska ...

With all that already has happened in racing so far in 2021, it’s easy to forget about a horse such as Happy Saver. Out of the limelight for the...

Some horses fit the profile of a pace-compromised runner multiple times and never deliver. Dreamer’s Disease is one current example of this type of mo...

Even though the $110,000 Roxelana Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday lacks a designated grade, it once again attracts a field worthy of a Grade 2 o...

Last month, Get Smokin paid $10.40 to win as the blog choice in the one-mile Seek Again Stakes at Belmont Park. While he faces the same course and dis...

One of my first impressions after the Belmont Stakes was that the Essential Quality I saw win a stirring renewal of the “test of the champion” was qui...

Finding an overbet favorite at the Royal Ascot meet is not the easiest task as an American handicapper, but once in a while a well-known name looks vu...

Chub Wagon won the Shine Again Stakes at Pimlico last Sunday to improve her record to seven wins in seven starts. One debatable question is whether sh...

To the victor go the spoils, and to no surprise, all the talk after Sunday’s Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park was of the winner, Mandaloun. The h...

As most racing followers know, jockeys cannot use the crop to encourage their horse at Monmouth Park. If the crop is ever used, it must be for safety ...