Columns RSS feed

Columns

Preakness149 Wrap: Doubles, Triples and Preakness Progeny

POSTED: May 20, 2024

Apple Picker gave jockey Sheldon Russell his double of the day. (Anika Miskars/Past The Wire) By Maribeth Kalinich It would be a three-grey win day...

View
Columns

The Man in the Hat: Yoshito Yahagi’s Appetite for International Acclaim

POSTED: May 20, 2024

Sometimes, the broad-brimmed hat is an ostentatious purple. Other times, it is a deep crimson. And it can even be an American-style baseball hat. To...

View
Columns

Witwatersrand Rules the Ruling Angel

POSTED: May 18, 2024

Witwatersrand (Michael Burns) By Chris Lomon TORONTO – Witwatersrand, under Patrick Husbands, cruised to an easy win in the $100,000 Ruling Angel Stakes Presented by...

View
Columns

Cherie DeVaux’s Excellent Pimlico Adventure

POSTED: May 18, 2024

Shotgun Hottie gave DeVaux the first of three stakes on the day. (Anika Miskars/Past The Wire) Trainer Cherie DeVaux scored three stakes including the historic...

View
Columns

Smarty Jones Captured 2004 Preakness and Public’s Imagination

POSTED: May 17, 2024

Smarty Jones scoring the Preakness Stakes by 11-1/2 lengths. (Jim McCue/MJC) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. – The blue-collar horse from the blue-collar track came...

View
Columns

It Was a ‘Sonny’ Friday Morning at Pimlico

POSTED: May 17, 2024

Dan and Sonny show mutual love. (Maryland Jockey Club) David Joseph/Maryland Jockey Club BALTIMORE, Md. – It was cloudy all over Baltimore Friday morning, but...

View
Columns

McPeek, Lukas 'Entertain' at Alibi Breakfast

POSTED: May 16, 2024

Kenny McPeek with Maryland Racing Association Commissioner Bobby Lillis. (Photo courtesy of Bobby Lillis) 2024 award winners: Hillwood Stable’s Ellen Charles (Special Award of Merit),...

View
Columns

2YO Maiden Special Weight ‘Picks, Plays and Pontification’ – Churchill Downs, 05/17/2024

POSTED: May 16, 2024

Churchill Downs, Race 3 – Friday, May 17, 2024 By The 2YO EdgeMan CD3:051724 – 5f on the Dirt.  A field of eight fillies will...

View
Columns

Pass or Play: Mystik Dan vs Catching Freedom

POSTED: May 16, 2024

By Laura Pugh and Ashley Tamulonis When it comes to Preakness trends, one that is tried and true is that horses exiting the Kentucky Derby...

View

Categories

Archives

YES- you turned me onto him coming out that Santa Anita race. After watching him yolk up BB horse NTO: immediately took my biggest wagers on him in the futures. Got 25-1 then the next week 20-1. Horses do have the facts.

@ValePlace View testimonials

Facebook