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Tom Law 
Mark Casse’s far-flung operation went through a change before the 2019 Saratoga meet opened Thursday, specifically related to its approach in upstate New York. (Originally published in July 12 issue of The Saratoga Special)
David Cannizzo couldn’t wait for spring to finally arrive. He’d bought a house 2 miles from Saratoga Race Course in Wilton last fall, moved his family from Long Island and counted down to the mid-April opening of the Oklahoma Training Track. (Originally published in July 12 issue of The Saratoga Special)
Coffee mugs sit on Jeremiah Englehart’s desk inside his office located between barns in the Oklahoma Annex that he affectionately calls the “log cabin” that sum up the way he feels about life. (Originally published in July 11 issue of The Saratoga Special)
Math Wizard, the second longest shot on the board in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, pulled off a gigantic upset when he won the Grade 1 stakes by a neck at Parx Racing.
The team of Bob Baffert and Mike Smith could add to their record-setting resume at the Pennsylvania Derby on Saturday.
The last time the racing world saw War of Will, the 3-year-old colt was a fading fifth in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. That was in late July and after that race trainer Mark Casse thought it was time to regroup.
Editor’s note: TIHR’s Tom Law teamed up with fellow Turf writers Tim Wilkin and Anthony Affrunti on the Parx Racing publicity team for Saturday’s Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby and Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes. Check out their update from Wednesday at Parx: Seven out-of-town runners – four from California and three from Kentucky – pulled into … Read more
Oklahoma? Check. Horse Haven? Check. Around the turn? Check. Main Track? Check. Clare Court? Check. Harness side? Check. Gridley Street? Check.
John Kimmel leaned forward in his seat in the front row of clubhouse boxes at Saratoga Race Course, eager to watch Crystalle run in Thursday’s $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes.
Although he maintains a tight grip on the trainer’s standings, there are some things Chad Brown can’t control. Racing luck is one of them. He could only look on from his box in the clubhouse Sunday afternoon as Front Run The Fed got into trouble nearing the first turn in the $100,000 Better Talk Now Stakes.
