Though his itinerary remained a matter of discussion after Adriano returned to Polytrack at Turfway Park and won the Lane’s End Stakes with a certain degree of authority, it will be difficult to deny him the chance to run in the Kentucky Derby. Though his one race on dirt was something of a disaster...

Chernobyl's Hero made his nineteenth start in the Aqueduct nightcap on Thursday, another attempt to escape the state-bred entry-level allowance condition, another opportunity to earn some money for Russian children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Since the beginning of the four...

Of course, the pick-six play detailed this morning along with the reasons for passing, paid $6,610.00. The forecast trailing storm failed to materialize and the track at Aqueduct, while it appeared to contain a good deal of residual moisture from heavy rain that fell through first light, was harrowed...

Nick Zito may be loaded with three-year-olds on the Derby trail but Coal Play is unlikely to see Churchill Downs in May after a less than encouraging performance in the Swale at Gulfstream Park. Horses destined to be competitive in the Derby will not be found under a drive and unresponsive while racing...

The citizens of Miami-Dade County, Florida, overwhelmingly approved slot machines for racetracks – in Miami, that also mean dog -- this week, a referendum that accompanied the presidential primaries in South Florida and followed the downsizing of the failing casino at Gulfstream Park, which is located...

The rain in Southern California, which has forced the cancelation of racing on Thursday and Friday, is forecast to persist through the weekend, the synthetic track at Santa Anita is again useless and it is highly unlikely that the Western portion of Saturday’s Sunshine Millions program will be run as...

With the announcement of the Eclipse Award winners late Monday night, the extension of the New York Racing Association franchise due to expire on Wednesday, the remote possibility of a settlement of negotiations between the hostile partisan factions of philistines in Albany, the more likely additional...

Evening Attire did everything but win his first race at age 10 Saturday at Aqueduct, an effort that was typical of the old guy – drop back early, all the running happens in the last half-mile. The distance, a mile-and-sixteenth, is a bit too sharp and the race was out of reach when Evening Attire reached...

There is nothing to be learned from Saturday’s Hutcheson Stakes for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park other than what might be drawn from any race run over sloppy, apparently tiring ground that developed a suicidal early pace, fell apart late and ended 1:23.21 seven furlongs after it began with one...