Recent publications
- Building a better racetrack is not a losing bet (Forbes.com)
- With Mile, Penn National seeks to follow Charles Town's path (The Racing Biz)
- "Welcome to the cabin by the sea": Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay track (Belmont Stakes blog)
- Hessonite & Lubash star in graded stakes at Belmont (NY Breeder)
- State-bred takes flight (NY Breeder)
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
- Fillies First
- Foolish Pleasure
- Green but Game
- Hello Race Fans!
- Left At The Gate
- 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 Rail at the New York Times
- The Turk: Horses, Handicapping and Hijinks
- TURF
Racing sites
Tag Archives: drugs
Hopeless or Hopeful? Lasix and Saratoga’s Premier Race for 2-year-olds
Last week the American Graded Stakes Committee announced its 2012 graded stakes races. Among the noteworthy changes was the downgrading of the historical Hopeful Stakes from a Grade 1 to a Grade 2. In decrying the downgrading, commentators invoked the … Continue reading
Turning to Tucson
There’s racing this week in New York, Kentucky, Florida, and California, but the eyes and attention of many in the racing world are turned southwest, to Tucson, Arizona and the annual symposium of the Race Track Industry Program at the … Continue reading
Drugs and soda and kisses and contamination
The issues of drugs in racing was back in the news recently, as the New York Racing Association banned Jeff Mullins and his horses from its tracks for six months, following Mullins’s attempt in the detention barn at Aqueduct to … Continue reading
Forgive and forget?
As a racing fan, I am filled anticipation as we approach the Kentucky Derby, this country’s most anticipated horse race. As a racing fan, I am dismayed that so much Derby attention is being focused on trainers with, shall we … Continue reading




