We interrupt our regularly schedule horse racing program to talk a little about music… When a friend asked me last summer if I wanted to see the Who at the Barclays Center in November, I said yes, but not without reservations. A Who fanatic through high school, college, and early adulthood, I’d seen them once…
On a summer morning in 2007, on the East Side of Saratoga near the Oklahoma training track, Ballston Spa native Andrew Wolfsont was laying brick for a summer job. He’d graduated from Ballston Spa High School the year before and attended SUNY-Oswego for a year, but, feeling aimless, he came home for the summer, looking…
The New York Racetrack Chaplaincy has continued its relief work this week, bringing supplies and food to those affected by the storms. Chaplain Humberto Chavez offers this latest update, printed below. I’ll be shopping for and bringing supplies to them tomorrow. If you’re interested in contributing, please let me know via e-mail or in the…
Beginning in May 2013, the Saratoga 150 celebration will mark the sesquicentennial of the Thoroughbred racing in my hometown. The four-day program in 1863, inaugurated by John Morrissey, was such a success that he and his partners, among them William Travers and Leonard Jerome, built Saratoga Race Course in 1864. It is the oldest sporting…
I received this letter today from Chaplain Humberto Chavez of the New York Racetrack Chaplaincy. If you’d like to help, please read. I am happy to help facilitate donations and drop-offs. If you’re nearby, I’m happy to pick up your donations and bring them to Belmont — contact me via e-mail (on the “about” page…
Jim Rome’s “clones,” as his impassioned listeners are called, often don’t take kindly to when the radio and television sports-talk host brings up his racehorses, preferring to engage in conversation about more mainstream sports. They better prepare themselves for this week, because after Rome’s Mizdirection won the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Saturday…
Three days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through New York, everything looks pretty normal at Belmont Park. More than 100 trees fell there during the storm, but by Friday morning they had all been cleared and training had returned to normal after being suspended earlier in the week. A look across the street, though, reveals that…
The last time the Breeders’ Cup was at Santa Anita, Zenyatta made history, becoming the first filly or mare to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Breeders’ Cup is back at Santa Anita this year, and tonight, HRTV will broadcast a 30-minute special about the mare, celebrating her career and the effect that she had…
Day two of the Breeders’ Cup kicks off at 2:50 ET Saturday with the $1 million Juvenile Turf; TV coverage begins at 3:30 pm ET on NBC Sports Network and switches to NBC at 8 pm ET for the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. The eight Breeders’ Cup races on the Saturday card offer a…
The arguably two best betting days of the year are upon us, with the Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Full, competitive fields in 15 races offer the opportunity for big scores with a lower-than-usual investment, The races will be broadcast on Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm ET…
Brooklyn Backstretch 