This one's for the little guy
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Get this. It's the 35th running of the Sword Dancer. A guy shows up with a horse. He thinks the horse has a shot. His owners…
Hall of Fame
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- They line the stage from left to right, weathered horsemen whose cumulative accomplishments account for decades of the game'…
Hip number 88
Danato Lanni stood in the back stable yard of Taylor Made's Fasig-Tipton consignment and did what everyone else in Saratoga had been doing in the days…
Rainy Sunday
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- We're picking up the pace at the great race place. Sales tomorrow, Fasig-Tipton rolling out the red carpet for bloodstock ag…
A Good Day
It's not an easy job, training horses. You deal with owners. You deal with help. You deal with jockeys and agents. They're all a pain in the ass. And …
Dominion Award
It's been seven days since Opening Day at the Spa. Time for a much-needed exercise in positivity. The Dogwood Dominion Award luncheon, 17 years of ch…
Anticipation
First announcement in the press box this morning other than soup of the day (cream of mushroom), is the travel status of Chip Woolley. The Kentucky De…
How lucky are we?
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- They line the rail each morning, residents of the town and tourists on vacation. Little kids. Husbands and wives. College bu…
Just another day at the office
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- I tracked Antitrust on a drizzly morning at Churchill Downs, a few days before the 2009 Kentucky Derby. A well-known bloodst…
Inspiring
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- It's what we look for, admire, in a Thoroughbred. Heart. Guts. Game. Only some horses have it. Most keep talent measured, g…