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HAMBO HISTORY
The $1 million Hambletonian, harness racings most famous race, takes place on Saturday (Aug 7) at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Award-winning contributor Maryjean Wall looks back ...
Essential Quality First And Foremost In Jim Dandy Win
By Richard Rosenblatt No questions about this finish! Essential Quality made a powerful move on the far turn and defeated a determined Keepmeinmind to win the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratog...
Asmussen Closing In On Training Record For Wins
By US Racing Team Will Steve Asmussen make history this weekend? The Hall of Famer won two races Friday to move within six victories of tying the late Dale Baird for the record for a North American th...
Del Mar Sunday: Shedaresthedevil A Slight Favorite In Clement Hirsch
By Margaret Ransom A trio of talented distaffers led by slight favorite Shedaresthedevil is set for Sundays $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar, with the winner earning an expenses-paid bert...
The Lineup: Jim Dandy At The Spa, Bing Crosby At Del Mar
By Richard Rosenblatt For those who cant be at Saratoga Race Course for Saturdays $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), you may want to tune into Fox Sports FS2 a little after 5:30 p.m. ET. A few m...
Del Mar Saturday: 9 Breeders Cup Sprint Hopefuls Set For Bing Crosby
By Margaret Ransom Californias road to the Breeders Cup Sprint (G1) gets underway on Saturday with the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, a BC Win & Youre In event. C Z Ro...
Eddie Macs Book: Essential Quality The One To Beat In Jim Dandy
By Ed McNamara The late, great Woody Stephens loved to talk and was always worth listening to. One of Woodys pearls of wisdom has stuck with me for a long time. Whenever an odds-on favorite los...
Riders Up For The Race To A Jockey Title At Saratoga
By Noel Michaels The Saratoga meet is off and running and along with the best horses and top trainers, its no surprise that theres a collection of many of the best jockeys in the country. Where ...
The Dog Days Of Horse Racing (Part 1)
By Ray Wallin In the past, I have shared some great videos of horseplayers behaving badly or being a bit over the top in cheering their horses to victory. But how does mans best friend feel about h...
Odds & Ends From The Harness Racing World
The Hambletonian, harness racings most visible race is less than two weeks away, so it seems like a good time to look at yesterday, today and tomorrow in the world of trotters and pacers. What we s...