From NYRA After a 12-hour trans-Pacific journey, including a one-hour lay-over in Anchorage, Alaska, and a brief stint at Aqueduct to clear quarantine, Casino Drive, Champagne Squall (IRE), and Spark Candle have at last begun to settle into Barn 17 at Belmont Park. Arriving at Belmont at 4 o’clock Thursday...

Japanese brother to Jazil, Rags to Riches may be shipped to New York for the Belmont The New York Racing Association reports strong interest from Japanese media in anticipation that Casino Drive will be sent to the Belmont Stakes. The Kentucky-bred won a maiden race in February at Kyoto, defeating 12...

Horses are like strawberries, they spoil easily. -- Charlie Whittingham There is no way of knowing how much is too much, what goes beyond the extraordinary to the doorstep of tragedy. All other things being equal, the quality that separates the truly special horse from the merely gifted is racing’s singular...