While there has been much dialogue concerning the frightening global financial crisis that effects every aspect of life and casts a long and dense shadow over the future of life as we know it in this country, none of it has addressed directly the future of racing in this failing light. Meanwhile, stark...

Saratoga Springs, New York So while the august owners of Big Brown await the creation of a phony grass race at Belmont Park or more likely Philadelphia Park to accommodate their bloated egos, feed the bankroll without taxing their overblown animal, the rest of the three-year-old division will gather...

Tomorrow begins what is my favorite part of the national racing calendar. Del Mar opens, Saratoga can’t be far off, and that means that summer is upon us at last. Last year marked my first-ever trip to Del Mar, and time and distance will conspire to prevent that from becoming the annual ritual...