Saturday’s Maryland Million is the same day as New York’s Showcase Day, leaving Teresa Genaro with a difficult decision: Ben’s Cat at Laurel? Or Kharafa at Belmont?
Hard-hitting Groomedforvictory earned over $700,000 on the track. Now retired to a Virginia farm, he’s getting the retirement and second career he deserves.
A big crowd, Songbird, and Nyquist attended Pennsylvania Derby day, making for great fun, says Teresa Genaro. But she wonders: should we reward a track that otherwise cares “little about horse racing?’
In her final Spa Diary of 2016, Teresa Genaro recaps some happy (and not so) firsts and expresses an age-old desire for the Old Spa.
From Jamaica to Colonial Downs to upstate New York, the journey to Ray Handal’s first Saratoga win included 13 straight lost “shakes” and six runner-up finishes.
Trainer Lacey Gaudet brought her first horse to Saratoga this week, calling it a dream come true.
For the first time , consignor Andrew Motion — trainer Graham’s brother — is selling one at the Saratoga select sale Tuesday. “Thrilled” is the word he uses.
Local horsemen have helped provide thousands of dollars of supplies to people affected by West Virginia’s devastating floods — part of the state “family” helping each other.
His connections claimed Homeboykris – who died after winning at Pimlico on Preakness day – to “give him back his dignity.” Social media had a very different take on things.
Ten years after Barbaro broke down in the Preakness and later succumbed to laminitis, fighting that disease remains a tricky, uncertain undertaking.