It’s just about time for me to head out to Vegas and the NTRA marketing meeting. I leave on Sunday and we should be presenting our ideas on Monday. One of the main themes I’ll be focusing on is the idea I’ve mentioned briefly in previous posts called “Take Back Saturday.”...

Proud Spell was able to turn the tables on Music Note in Saturday’s 129th running of the Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga Race Track. The two main rivals locked horns down the stretch and provided a thrilling finish that came down to the wire. In the pre-race handicapping, I had assumed like many that...

Music Note, a highly regarded daughter of A.P. Indy, defeated the top filly of her division in Kentucky Oaks winner Proud Spell in Saturday’s running of the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park. The trip for Proud Spell couldn’t have gone worse. Right out of the gate she stumbled and...