It may have been a pokey Belmont, but it was nice to see Bill Mott add a Triple Crown win to his resume... Read more...

True, it may not seem like the most distinguished group ever to line up for the Belmont - but where they truly fit in is hard to judge at this point in the year; someone could become a break-out star... Read more...

First, the bad news - last year's Belmont champ Summer Bird has been retired. It's particularly unfortunate, Read more...

While things remain ludicrously busy in Superfectaland (a new job, Philly Beer Week and the World Cup are all converging), we don't want to neglect racing, especially during Met Mile/Belmont week. Read more...

The Met Mile takes place on Monday, and it's generating some interest overseas; Britain's Racing Post seems more excited about seeing Quality Road back in action... Read more...

Last year, Goldikova finished seventh in the Prix d'Ispahan, her yearly debut; it seemed that the extra furlong and soft going were not to her taste. There were no such questions this year... Read more...

D. Wayne Lukas may not be sending Dublin to the Belmont, but he'll be busy nonetheless; he's just become the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. The move had been rumored for a few weeks... Read more...

Lookin At Lucky finally had his luck change, and another Preakness is in the books. While Lucky's win was not unexpected... Read more...

The Preakness draw will take place this evening at 5 pm, but post position is much less of an issue at Pimlico - especially as the field size has been decreased with the absence of Hurricane Ike... Read more...

Another Kentucky Derby is in the books, and for the third time in four years, Calvin Borel's name appears in the record. Todd Pletcher finally got his long-elusive Derby win, as did WinStar Farms. Super Saver became the second... Read more...

Hey, ladies - did you know you like to watch the Kentucky Derby because you are distracted by shiny, pretty things? You don't really like sports - NBC's senior vice president of marketing, Mike McCarley, said so: Read more...

While I was certainly not alone in failing to pick the Derby winner on purpose last year, we did win the pool at the Derby party we attended, but it was entirely accidental... Read more...

Happy Kentucky Oaks Day! We'll be following what is likely to be the last day of good weather at Churchill Downs via Twitter, but why not preview the Derby undercard in between races? Read more...

We're only one day away from the Kentucky Oaks - and from Rachel Alexandra returning once more to the scene of her former triumph. One hopes that what little mainstream-ish television coverage there is will replay her historic victory in last year's Oaks, but for the rest of us, we'll have to watch her run in the La Troienne on some sort of choppy video from work... Read more...

The revolving door continues – Endorsement is officially out of the Derby with an ankle fracture he picked up in his work this morning. There had been considerable online chatter that things were not entirely ‘right’ with the horse earlier in the week; it seems those rumors were true... Read more...

After the frenzied game of musical chairs over the weekend, we now have a reasonably good sense of who is actually going in the Derby – and it's certainly not Eskendereya or Rule... Read more...

We finally have a better sense of the Derby field as the contenders begin to move into Churchill Downs in earnest; Lookin At Lucky seemed to enjoy the track, working a bullet this morning... Read more...

Back in the day, the Derby Trial used to be a legitimate Kentucky Derby prep (and we'll mention that more next week); nowadays, the two-week turnaround from the Coolmore Lexington to the Derby seems a nearly insurmountable challenge... Read more...

Given the frankly puzzling results of the previous weekend’s Derby preps, it is much more pleasant to focus on Zenyatta’s latest victory in the Apple Blossom. Once again... Read more...

While Eskendereya's bandwagon continued to gather passengers with his Wood Memorial victory, Lookin At Lucky hit something of a bump in the road in the Santa Anita Derby - but what both races 'mean' is still very much up in the air... Read more...

Todd Pletcher finally looks like he has a real Derby horse. Granted, he could have something like eight in the starting gate, but... Read more...

This weekend's Florida Derby looks a little easier with Eskenderya's removal to the Wood Memorial; in his absence, Rule is the deserving favorite... Read more...

The Tampa Bay Derby was, perhaps, last Saturday's most dramatic race... Read more...

Let's begin with a basic premise: getting a check for second is not a failure, but a non-working website is. With that in mind, let's examine the events of the past weekend. For some reason... Read more...

Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta are both in action on Saturday, which means racing fans will be torn between sheer excitement at seeing them on the track again, and nail-biting concern that the slightest bobble could keep one or both out of their planned showdown in the Apple Blossom next month... Read more...

We'll save Friday for Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, so let's take a look at this weekend's 3-year-old races today... Read more...

Here's a conspiracy theory for you... Read more...

We’re rather overcommitted here at Superfecta HQ this week, so updates are short and snappy (in theory). Read more...

Sure, the Sham is this weekend, but the real race of interest as far as 3-year-olds are concerned is the Davona Dale - who needs colts? Read more...

We finally had a weekend of real Derby preps! Eskendereya put in the fine performance... Read more...