Saturday’s (G1) $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course has Todd Pletcher trained Quality Road (and jockey John Velazquez) as the 1-4 morning line favorite. Breaking from the No. 1 post, though, is Convocation, 6-1 on the morning line and the only likely candidate to challenge the favorite for the win.
“It’s a big pot, Grade [...]

The great RACHEL ALEXANDRA of 2009 — the one that swept through the Kentucky Oaks, the Preakness Stakes, Haskell Invitational and Woodward Stakes en route to Horse of the Year — is no more. She is alive and kicking, she even is running in races, but she is no more.
At least she is not capable [...]

Bob Baffert has to be one of the happiest horse trainers in America right now. After winning The Victory Ride with Rapport at Saratoga earlier on Saturday, Baffert’s entry in the 2010 Pacific Classic, Richard’s Kid, also became a winner.
For the second year in a row, Richard’s Kid outran the entire Classic field – including The [...]

The 2010 Travers Stakes couldn’t have ended any better for Afleet Express trainer Jimmy Jerkens and jockey Javier Castellano.
With the win within reach, Castellano made darn sure Afleet Express was not about to lose the Travers to a fast and furious finish by Fly Down as he kept his horse focused down the home stretch [...]

A pair of prestigious 1-1/4 mile races worth $1 million apiece are scheduled for Del Mar and Saratoga on Saturday, Aug. 28 and both are supported by a long list of Graded Stakes.
The $1 million Pacific Classic has attracted last year’s winner, RICHARD’S KID, and the Hollywood Gold Cup winner, AWESOME GEM, as well as [...]

BLIND LUCK may only have won the $500,000 Alabama Stakes by a neck over HAVRE DE GRACE, but she left no doubt that she is the top 3-year-old filly in America.
The odds on favorite was, as expected, New York based  DEVIL MAY CARE, who was racing a few lengths ahead of the 9-5 second choice [...]

There is almost too much action today for horseplayers who enjoy high class stakes races.
At Saratoga, we have one of the great matchups in recent years, involving two high class 3-year-old fillies supported by a closely grouped cast of upset threats.
From the West, we have BLIND LUCK, the filly who lives on the edge of [...]

DEL MAR, CALIF. — That was a very fast race turned in by SIDNEY’S CANDY in the La Jolla Handicap on the turf course here on Saturday. Not only did the 3-year-old son of Candy Ride set fast fractions pressed initially by MACIAS, but he was at least 13 lengths clear of the pack in [...]

Del Mar, California, Aug. 14, 2010 — Traveling cross country is one of the pleasures of my work…
Earlier this week on the airplane from New York to the West Coast I met a Chinese school teacher who had wondered about Hong Kong Racing. Our spirited conversation is resulting in her booking an ‘educational’ trip  to [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BLAME, a winner of his last four races and rated by most as the second-best older male racehorse to the talented QUALITY ROAD, turned those rankings upside down in the $750,000 Whitney Handicap here on Saturday.
With 36,658 in attendance, Quality Road held the lead almost every step of the 1-1/8 mile [...]