Mott trains, pitches, too
BRONX, N.Y. -- This week, between conditioning thoroughbreds like Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer and saddling those runners in pursuit of victor…
Big Sandy rail birds
ELMONT, NY -- Belmont Park is a very sandy racetrack. I can testify to this fact because I am currently wearing a significant amount of the surface on…
Time to step from the shadows
ELMONT, NY -- When word came that longshot Dave in Dixie would be shipping in from Hollywood Park to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, the New York …
Dominguez, 'Dude' target Belmont
ELMONT, N.Y. -- Thirty-three-year-old Ramon Dominguez, a mild-mannered native of Venezuela, has set his sights on the riding titles of the New York …
Eminent, beloved rider "Mig" retires
ELMONT, N.Y. -- He still wakes up at 4:30 a.m., habit born from 30 years of experience. Doesn't really know why he does it, except for the fact that…
Barba brings "Music" to New York
ELMONT, N.Y. -- It is Tuesday morning, and high atop the Empire State Building, Alexis Barba surveys the city of New York. The lights of this histor…
On to the Belmont
BALTIMORE -- In the racing industry, there are many things said when a horse does not compete as expected. He ran up the track. Finished off the boar…
Lookin' at Martin
BALTIMORE -- Martin Garcia sat in the back seat of a shiny black rental car en route to Pimlico Racetrack. He smoothed down his dapper striped tie and…
Watch out for Dude
BALTIMORE -- Dude, seriously. That's what trainer Dale Romans hopes to be saying about 6:25 p.m. Saturday in the winner's circle at Pimlico Race Cou…
Two jockeys, one mount
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This is the story of one horse and two very capable riders, and the sad and sorry thing that happens when a trainer must choos…
