Mike Curry
This feature provides a capsule look at three horses who are heating up on the Triple Crown trail and three horses whose chances for the 2026 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve are not...
Racing
Posted January 21st, 2026 ·
Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf Offers Golden Opportunity to Find Value
The $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park is my kind of race with a deep, talented cast of turf...
Gambling
Posted January 21st, 2026 ·
2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Lecomte Stakes Winner Golden Tempo
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2,...
Racing
Posted January 20th, 2026 ·
Horse Racing Tests Trading Card Market With Limited Legends Autograph Set Benefiting PDJF
Sports cards and collectibles were down and out after what is referred to as the “junk wax” era of overproduction from the late 1980s into the mid-1990s. As someone who lived through it, nothing...
Pop Culture
Posted January 19th, 2026 ·
2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Jerome Stakes Winner My World
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that offers qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2,...
Racing
Posted January 12th, 2026 ·
An Early Look at the Probable Field for the 2026 Pegasus World Cup
Invitations have been sent for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park, and the 1 1/8-mile stakes is shaping up to be a competitive race with plenty of...
Racing
Posted January 8th, 2026 ·
2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Smarty Jones Stakes Winner Strategic Risk
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule that offers qualifying points to the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2,...
Racing
Posted January 5th, 2026 ·
The Spring of Smarty-Mania: Remembering a Magical Triple Crown Bid by Smarty Jones
A feel-good story that had damn near everything a Hollywood scriptwriter could want mesmerized sports fans in the spring of 2004 – murder, health issues, mammoth sums of money, unlikely heroes, and...
Racing
Posted January 2nd, 2026 ·
Forever Young or Not Forever Young: An Older Dirt Male Eclipse Awards Conundrum
Eclipse Awards debates have been a part of the process since the inception of the awards in 1971. Some of the 2025 divisions are open-and-shut cases, but one category sure to generate some heated...
Racing
Posted December 19th, 2025 ·
Betting on a Beast in the Remington Springboard Mile
The Remington Springboard Mile Stakes is always a fun handicapping and betting challenge, taking me outside of my comfort zone of the usual circuits that I bet to Oklahoma for a qualifying race on...
Gambling
Posted December 17th, 2025 ·
Rodriguez, Paquette, and Mailloux Shined in Ninth Season of Big-Race Showdown
America’s Best Racing’s ninth season of “Big-Race Showdown” came right down to the wire like any great horse race.
Gambling
Posted December 16th, 2025 ·
2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Los Alamitos Futurity Winner Litmus Test
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule from which racehorses earn points toward qualifying for the 1 ¼-mile...
Racing
Posted December 15th, 2025 ·