Tom Law

The envelope please. Seemingly never in the 51-year history of the Eclipse Awards – certainly not in recent memory – has that statement ever produced so little suspense as to what would come next.

How’d your weekend treat you? How about Monday? Yeah, we know the drill.

Another week, another major winter weather event. Perhaps it’s way past overdue to say, “this just in, it’s winter,” but here we are in the days of mad dashes to the grocery store and constant meteorologist updates.

Now that was a weekend. Two thrilling conference title games in the NFL – Who Dey, go Bengals – and scores of top performances on the track. We’ll try and forget the US men’s soccer team’s 2-0 defeat in Canada.  

Weather watchers rejoice, this is your weekend.

Monday Morning. Whew, did you watch football this weekend? Sport, bloody hell. As for racing, a stellar card at Fair Grounds highlighted the domestic show. A clash of the titans, of the ages, at Ascot powered the international action. 

The seemingly never-ending winter of 2022 – or is it 2020 still? – rolls along with a monster blast of frigid weather in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Thankfully there’s plenty of racing south of the Mason-Dixon and we’ve got it all covered in another jam-packed edition of The Saturday Special.

Bonus Coverage. Here’s your Friday Special. And don’t worry, we’re coming right back Saturday with the traditional Saturday Special, including winners – lots of winners – from our intrepid handicappers who tackle a robust card at Fair Grounds Saturday.

How’s your back from all that shoveling? If you’re in the Northeast you know the feeling, after the insert-name-here snowstorm dumped the white stuff over much of the East Coast Sunday into Monday.

Ready for the snow? Ah, ignore the impending impediment, curl up on the couch, fire up the ADW of your choice and enjoy a Saturday at the races.