Is there anything racing can learn from the sudden explosion in popularity that soccer is experiencing thanks to Landon Donovan's "goal-heard-round-the-nation" against Algeria? Read more...

Following a Satruday that saw headlines dominated by World Cup soccer - we may have a better picture of where things stand in the older female and male divisions of thoroughbred horse racing. Read more...

After thoughts from the bizarro world that was Belmont Saturday. Read more...

A quick run down of the "all stakes Pick 4" races from the G2 True North Handicap on through the Belmont this Saturday. Read more...

With no Super Saver or Lookin at Lucky to attract the masses - we take a humorous look at the state of affairs heading into the Belmont - and hold out hope that a hero may yet be found. Read more...

Reflections on Preakness 135 now that I've had a night and morning to reflect (and recover) from the annual festivities of the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown Read more...

Selections for each of the Stakes races on the Saturday card at Pimlico - from the G3 Chick Lang Stakes in Race 6 on through Preakness 135 (Race 12). Get your Preak on, baby! Read more...

Selections/analysis for all of the major races on the Friday Black Eyed Susan Day card at Pimlico. Think of it as Preakness light. Read more...

As "Preak-week" begins, it's time to take a closer look at the contenders for the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes. Here's a horse by horse review of the runners likely to enter the starting gate this Saturday at Pimlico. Read more...

Reflections on Kentucky Derby 136 and what to look for in the Preakness 2 Saturdays from now. Read more...

Selections for the marquee races on Saturday at Churchill Downs - including the Kentucky Derby. Read more...

Selections for each of the major races at Churchill Downs on Friday, including the G2 La Troienne, G3 KY Juvenile, G3 CD Turf Sprint, G3 Alysheba, G2 American Turf, and of course the G1 Kentucky Oaks. Read more...

A first look at the madness that is Kentucky Derby week - hot off the heels of the news this weekend that likely favorite Eskendereya is out of the race with an injury. Read more...

Less than a month to go on the Kentucky Derby trail - it's time to focus in on the final major Grade 1 preps - the Toyota Blue Grass (featuring my boy Odysseus) and the Arkansas Derby. Read more...

Our sixth installment of the weekly rankings for the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby. Following the smashing performance by Eskendereya in the Wood Memorial - how does the rest of the competition stack up? Read more...

Selections for the G1 Wood Memorial, G1 Santa Anita Derby, and G3 Illinois Derby. Read more...

With a month to go until the 2010 Kentucky Derby, did the victories of Mission Impazible in the G2 Louisiana Derby and Endorsement in the G3 Sunland Derby potentially signal the emergence of a "fifth column" among the likely Derby contenders? Read more...

A tangled web of a post - from selections for the LA Derby and Lane's End, to a remembrance of the real-life "Ranger Hartley" - with a healthy dose of "Take Back Saturday" worked in for good measure. Read more...

The arrival of a deep closer like Ice Box in the Florida Derby has shaken things up a bit as we take our 4th look at the top contenders for the 2010 Kentucky Derby. Read more...

A quick look at the Grade 1 Florida Derby and the Grade 2 Swale Stakes this afternoon. Read more...

In this, our 3rd of the semi-regular Kentucky Derby watch list updates building up to the Run for the Roses on the First Saturday in May, we once again cont down the top 10 colts in the country I have my eye on at the moment. Who gets the Rodney Dangerfield "No Respect" treatment, and do we have any Cris Carter types this time around that "all they do is win horse races?" Read along to find out. Read more...

I've been trying to spread the word about this horse since I first noticed him on a Tampa Bay Downs replay following his Wednesday afternoon romp over allowance foes on February 17. Now the world knows he's a legitimate Derby contender. Will he make it all the way? I don't know, but I know one thing - "we're burning down the highway skyline on the back of a hurricane" here with this beautiful chestnut colt. Read more...

A look back at the Saturday that was. From triumphant Zenyatta, to Rachel in defeat, to the antics of "fans" from both camps giving us illustrations on how not to behave. Read more...

Teaser for this post? What else could you ask for. A full parody of the St. Crispin's Day speech in Shakespeare's Henry V, a Late Pick 4 for Tampa Bay (starting in the Hillsborough - Race 8), and the unvieling of the new, reincarnated "keyboard cat". See? what else could you ask for? :-) Read more...

The NTRA, in the first baby step of a marketing idea a group of us pitched over a year ago entitled "Take Back Saturday" has ensured that any racing fan with access to the internet will be able to watch Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta in their seasonal debuts this weekend LIVE. Read more...

An updated "top 10" list for the 2010 Kentucky Derby. Read more...

With the "Ides of March" less than 2 weeks away, and coveted graded stakes earnings at a premium for those horses still seeking a starting spot in the 2010 Kentucky Derby, we turn our attention this week to the Gotham and the rescheduled Sham (which may be rescheduled again, if I understand correctly). Read more...

A humble attempt to make sense of the 2010 Kentucky Derby trail by ranking some of the top contenders following the eventful weekend that included the Fountain of Youth, Risen Star, Southwest, and other notable prep races. Read more...

Odysseus may have given us our first "wow" moment along the 2010 Kentucky Derby trail - and in so doing he's climbing Kentucky Derby watch lists with alarming speed. Is he a hero of mythical proportions, as his famed literary counterpart was, or is he a Trojan Horse that is being overhyped by a fanbase starved for new challenger? Read more...

A quick breakdown of my stable for the 2010 Road to the Roses fantasy challenge. Read more...