Big Saturdays in the spring. It’s what we always wanted from our steeplechase division and here we are with seven runners this weekend. Six at the Middleburg Spring Races in Virginia, 2 miles up the road, and one at the Grand National in Maryland, two hours up the road. Awakened, … Read More

Tom Albertrani retired from the American training ranks. As quietly as he went about it. A multiple Grade 1 stakes winning trainer, Albertrani did his job, unassuming, consistent. Over 600 wins, over $50 million in purses. Bernardini, Sadler’s Joy, Twilight Eclipse…they combined for $7.8 million. The latter two, the hard … Read More

If we were a football team, we’d have a big, long meeting Monday afternoon. Watch film. Analyze the game plan. Look at missed assignments. Talk it over. Process and decompress. Make changes for next week. No video room in this sport. We are a far-flung racing stable with horses, trainers … Read More

Include it on a four-race win streak makes his stakes debut in the My Lady’s Manor. Elizabeth Scully rides for Todd Wyatt. Post time is 1:30. Jimmy Dan makes his NSA hurdle debut for Graham Watters and Jack Fisher in the opener at Tryon. Post time is 1:30. Queens Empire … Read More