Recent publications
- It's a Boy! Rachel Alexandra's First Foal (Forbes.com)
- How much is an Eclipse Award worth? (Forbes.com)
- Notable NY-bred winners for January (NY Breeder, p. 24)
- Champion Silverbulletday: Horse profile for Hello Race Fans!
- From Horses to Hope, From Auction to Adoption: How one calendar inspires and raises thousands of dollars for horses (at Raceday360)
Handicatting with Floyd…
…and with Imp and Furlong
Madison’s fund for feline welfare
The cat horse winners during the Belmont spring meet added up to about $250, which was donated to All About Spay Neuter, the organization that helps take care of the Belmont cat colonies.
$155, representing the money made by cat horse winners at Saratoga, was donated to New York City Animal Care & Control
Racing-related charities
Recommended Reading
- Colin's Ghost
- Crist Blog
- Ernie Munick's The Daily Me
- Fillies First
- Foolish Pleasure
- Green but Game
- Hello Race Fans!
- Left At The Gate
- Michigan Bred Claimer
- New York Daily News racing coverage
- New York Post racing coverage
- Old Friends Blog
- Owning Racehorses
- Post Parade
- Raceday 360
- Railbird
- ReRider Who's Lucky To Cope
- Riding Rough Shod
- Superfecta
- That's Amore Stable
- The Race is Not to the Swift
- The Rail at the New York Times
- The Turk: Horses, Handicapping and Hijinks
- TURF
- Turf Luck
Racing sites
Racing books I like
A Year at the Races, by Jane Smiley
And They're Off! by Edward Hotaling
Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost, Hero of a Golden Age, by John Eisenberg
Not by a Long Shot, by T.D. Thornton
Saratoga Days, by Sean Clancy
Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
The Great Match Race, by John Eisenberg
The Noble Animals, by Landon Manning
Racing sites
Racing-related charities
Recent publications
- Champion Silverbulletday: Horse profile for Hello Race Fans!
- From Horses to Hope, From Auction to Adoption: How one calendar inspires and raises thousands of dollars for horses (at Raceday360)
- How much is an Eclipse Award worth? (Forbes.com)
- It's a Boy! Rachel Alexandra's First Foal (Forbes.com)
- Notable NY-bred winners for January (NY Breeder, p. 24)
Recommended Reading
- Colin's Ghost
- Crist Blog
- Ernie Munick's The Daily Me
- Fillies First
- Foolish Pleasure
- Green but Game
- Hello Race Fans!
- Left At The Gate
- Michigan Bred Claimer
- New York Daily News racing coverage
- New York Post racing coverage
- Old Friends Blog
- Owning Racehorses
- Post Parade
- Raceday 360
- Railbird
- ReRider Who's Lucky To Cope
- Riding Rough Shod
- Superfecta
- That's Amore Stable
- The Race is Not to the Swift
- The Rail at the New York Times
- The Turk: Horses, Handicapping and Hijinks
- TURF
- Turf Luck
Category Archives: handicapping
Brian’s Derby Preps: The Lane’s End and the Sunland Derby
If you’re reading this before noon, don’t forget to active your power horses in your Road to the Roses stable! And we’re going to give this update thing another try this weekend, so it’s possible that the site will be … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby Preps: the Louisiana Derby
Fair Grounds closes with a bang this weekend, offering up a contentious renewal of the Louisiana Derby, which is positioned five weeks out from the Kentucky Derby this year. All told, an overflow field of 13 is scheduled to meet … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby Preps: The Florida Derby
Before we get to Brian’s preview of the Florida Derby, a few notes: –Don’t forget to take advantage of this week’s supplemental draft in the Road to the Roses game; you’ve got until 11:59 tonight to add three horses to … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby Preps: The San Felipe
The San Felipe, Santa Anita’s final prep for next month’s Grade I Santa Anita Derby, brings together an outstanding field of youngsters that look to prove their worth of continuing down the Derby Trail. A trio of long distance specialists … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby preps: The Tampa Bay Derby
Tampa Bay Downs: The Grade III, $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby at 1 1/16 miles 1. Uptowncharlybrown: Wasn’t a fan of him heading into the local Sam Davis, but left impressed after he really leveled off and found his best stride … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby preps: The Rebel
Before I turn this over to Brian, a couple of quick Road to the Roses reminders: Don’t forget to activate your power horses before tomorrow’s races, and Monday starts the first supplemental draft, when you can add three horses to … Continue reading
Sham (P)Review
The path to the Santa Anita Derby continues this weekend in California with the 9-furlong Sham Stakes, which was initially scheduled for last Saturday but canceled due to torrential rains. A competitive field of 10 meets the starter and though … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby Preps: The Gotham
Brian’s back this week with a look at tomorrow’s Gotham at Aqueduct. If your thoughts are on the West Coast, you can check out his preview of the pre-re-scheduled Sham. And if you’ve got any Gotham or Sham runners in … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby Prep: The Sham
The path to the Santa Anita Derby continues this weekend in California with the 9-furlong Sham Stakes. A competitive field of 10 meets the starter and though the race is lacking any true star power, the winner is sure to … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby preps: The Southwest
The Derby Trail heads to Oaklawn Park in a contentious, intriguing and delayed renewal of the Southwest Stakes. California shippers look to test their mettle on real dirt; the locals get to prove that they’re not just the kings of … Continue reading





