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Tom Law 
A mid-March call from Charlie LoPresti started with him looking for an update on a request he made back in October – for this writer to help him find a seasonal rental for the Saratoga racing season – quickly wove its way toward the topic he doesn’t mind talking about in the slightest.
Billy Gowan grew up around horses and racing in Louisiana, the son of a veterinarian who got the nickname “Bronco Billy” years later riding young horses out of the gate in the mornings at Churchill Downs.
Daylight was fading and the offerings were dwindling as Molly Vogel set her sights on one more horse she thought could offer some value at last fall’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.
Two years in a row Al Pike brought colts by Into Mischief to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale of 2-year-olds in training in Timonium, Maryland, that he thought would sell well.
Two would-be upstarts if they weren’t so steeped in history and past success – Kentucky and Connecticut – remain with a chance to cut down the nets and relish their own shining moment as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament wraps Monday night in suburban Dallas.
Keeneland’s decision to remove its Polytrack and replace the main track with a traditional dirt surface is the latest maelstrom in the Thoroughbred industry.
Samraat the second choice in Saturday’s $1 million Twinspires.com Wood Memorial Stakes is quite a bit different than Samraat the unraced 2-year-old New York-bred who walked into Rick Violette’s barn at Belmont Park last July with plenty of promise and attitude to boot.
The date is marked on the calendar, more of a reminder than a celebration. April 3 marks another milestone in our lives – officially one year in Saratoga Springs.
The New York-Bred Champions were honored Tuesday night at the Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs and each of the winners was profiled in a special commemorative program produced by the team at ST Publishing and The Saratoga Special. Here’s a look at the individual champions.
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. honored the state’s leading equine and human stars Tuesday in Saratoga Springs and undefeated multiple graded stakes winner Cluster of Stars shined brightest of all when the evening was complete.
