First run in 1979, this race has made multiple calendar moves before settling in its current spot as a prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

With the main proponents of the NJ Casino Expansion bill ceasing to spend on advertising, resigned to letting the chips fall where they may, it would appear the referendum for North Jersey gaming will go down to defeat.  Thus, horsemen and others in the harness racing industry no doubt are

  Vanessa Ng’s image of SONGBIRD   As we still revel in the Tepin moments at Woodbine last weekend at Woodbine it is time to  gear up for some more great racehorses. We are spoiled this year to be sure. SONGBIRD – undefeated American champion could meet her biggest test

As silly as it sounds, I would never have gotten on a plane to Toronto for the Woodbine Mile last week if it were not for the insistence of one sassy tweeting barn cat. But, thanks to plenty of tweets threatening whips to anyone who missed the Gator Kitten Mile,

Why would Marialite beat Gold Actor this time? That’s the question I can’t answer. The question sounds better if you emphasize ‘this time’, implying buckets of knowledge about ‘last time’. As last Sunday was the official end of the G3 Summer Doldrums with Dee Majesty and Sinhalite each taking their G2

Goldikova By Amy Nesse   Jonathan Stettin and Past the Wire are proud supporters of The Jockeys’ Guild   Take a look below at some of the offers for our readers! There are many things and offers to help your handicapping and overall experience in The Sport of Kings. Always

A little punchy from being on the road in Saratoga and Belmont Park, the steeplechase schedule gets back to its roots this weekend with stops at Shawan Downs in Maryland Saturday and the Foxfield Races in Virginia Sunday. The former hosts eight races while the latter cards five. Each spot

Holy Bull and Mike Smith finished 12 out of 14 horses in the 1994 Kentucky Derby. Holy Bull didn’t appreciate the mud. Smith and the 1994 Horse of the Year made amends for the bad Derby run in the 1994 Midsummer Classic, the Travers Stakes. At one point in the

Like a baseball player hitting the ball hard – but right at fielders – Scorpiancer was due. After winning two of his first three American starts last year, the Irish-bred lost five races to begin 2016.

For a guy who got sat on by a horse Thursday afternoon, Jack Doyle is pretty cheerful. “I’m not feeling too bad,” the steeplechase jockey said Friday, about 24 hours after falling with Rudyard K in the Grade 1 Lonesome Glory at Belmont Park. “I’m a lot more comfortable than

Stash it under your hat brim while watching youth sports, fold it in your shirt sleeve while eating dinner, email it to yourself and take a gander when you can. Laurel and Parx put on Broadway-worthy cards while there’s action all over the country, the world. Songbird is just part

The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn't stop after you've had your morning coffee. Each weekday at mid-day, the Paulick Report brings you a video News Minute to let you know what's happening around the

0 DRF Players Podcast Tepin's Woodbine Mile is revisited, as Norm Casse joins to discuss her as well as the promising juveniles in the barn. Also, Peter Thomas Fornatale, Mike Hogan, and Jonathon Kinchen analyze the Pennsylvania Derby, the Cotillion, and other stakes at Parx, along with the Commonwealth

Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and exercise rider Jonny Garcia ponied at Parx by Brandy Steenson. Photo: Taylor Ejdys/Equi-Photo On Saturday afternoon at a little racetrack just outside Philadelphia, the top three finishers from this year’s Kentucky Derby will meet, for the third time this year. In some racing circles, Parx

The Stronach Group announced this week that trainer Marcus Vitali and a fellow conditioner would no longer be welcome to enter horses at its racetracks. This followed a Paulick Report story concerning Vitali's appearances at Gulfstream Park while not having a license and eventually being on suspension. In this edition

Trainer Kirk Ziadie, who is licensed by the state of Florida while his six-year suspension for 21 medication violations is under appeal, has been denied access to any grounds controlled by The Stronach Group, the company's chief operating officer Tim Ritvo said on Thursday. Ritvo said Ziadie's father, Ralph Ziadie,

  GET READY FOR MORE RACING ACTION…Will Her Majesty The Queen’s DARMOUTH be at Woodbine next month?  But first – coming up this weekend..4 stakes races at Woodbine, SONGBIRD at Parx, NOHOLDINGBACK BEAR also at Parx and NYQUIST, EXAGGERATOR et al, also at Parx!     HRH THE QUEEN’S DARTMOUTH

Tomorrow's $1.25m Pennsylvania Derby has drawn a mouthwatering field that includes the first three past the post in this year's Kentucky Derby. However, a lot of water has passed under the bridge since the first Saturday in May, and now all three have questions to answer.

Jug week is over and I for one am sorry it didn't end sooner.  For a week which usually shows harness racing at its county fair best with some of the best horses racing, this is a week which will be known as the appearance of an unwelcome guest and

On Saturday afternoon at a little racetrack just outside Philadelphia, the top three finishers from this year’s Kentucky Derby will meet, for the third time this year.

By Keyser Soze IS RACING IN AUSTRALIA CAPABLE OF REINVENTING ITSELF? Simply NO. The evidence in the “form guide’ suggests the odds of reinventing itself to expectations of a very much more demanding and unforgiving demographic in today’s socio-economic jungle are as distant as from where we are to Land’s

After logging nearly 14,000 miles this year traveling to eight states or provinces over seven months and 21 starts, Wiggle It Jiggleit returned to Delaware, Ohio to meet his fans — and he wasn’t even racing. by Dave Briggs The crowd was building around Wiggle It Jiggleit’s stall in the

by Dean Towers Back in 2003, Lance Armstrong was in the middle of his long win streak at the Tour De France. He was pretty much King of the bike racing world, and sponsorship money was flying into the sport, helping just about everyone. Most in the sport knew about

by Dave Briggs The Little Brown Jug is under formal protest with the Ohio State Racing Commission. A group of trainers said text messages allegedly sent by trainer Casie Coleman on the morning of the Jug caused concern that her horse, Jug winner Betting Line, may have been treated in

The Casie Coleman trainee, driven by David Miller, set a 1:49 half-mile world record while winning the deciding heat by eight lengths. story by Dave Briggs | photos by Dave Landry Hometown driving legend David Miller won his fourth Little Brown Jug, trainer Casie Coleman her third and Betting Line