Churchill Downs 1st: Backyard Heaven. Won May 4 Alysheba Stakes. Our choice. 2nd: Irish War Cry. Won Pimlico Special in last start. Second choice. 3rd: Patch. One eyed horse won allowance race in last start. Pick for third. Place your picks by…
By Steve Schuelein and Bill Heller Fatefully brought together on a late October afternoon at Belmont Park in 2005, jockeys Garrett Gomez and Richard Migliore’s lives became intertwined. Gomez was replacing the injured Migliore on Artie Schiller in the $1.5…
By T.D. Seth McDonough Formerly agnostic foodies of Miami and Key West may be finding themselves believing that a higher power loves them. Southern Florida has greedily welcomed more than its fair share of world class chefs opening new fine-dining…
By Randy Abraham The road to the Triple Crown runs through Gulfstream Park, even when fans don’t realize it. Each year, a colony of trainers, jockeys, and grooms, united in their love for thoroughbred racing, make a pilgrimage to Gulfstream…
The Hipodromo de San Isidro racetrack, thirty minutes from downtown Buenos Aires, is a world class facility, with its mile and a half oval turf and mile and an eighth dirt inner track. Hipodromo de San Isidro hosts “Carrera de…
By Larry Tritten My most salient memory of the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia is of the bronze sculpture of a war-weary Civil War horse in the Library’s courtyard. This is not the customary type of equestrian statute, with…
By Steve Schuelein First printed 2008 Legendary jockey John Longden once said of Santa Anita Park, “It’s the most beautiful place you can find. You’re camping out when you leave Santa Anita”. The late rider, who won 932 races during 26…
By Larry Tritten I was expecting banana daiquiri weather – that picture perfect postcard conception of Florida with green palm trees highlighting sky and water as blue as the colors in a Disney animated movie. But when I arrived the…
By Adam Hickman One of the most significant enhancements to Woodbine Entertainment’s horse racing product was the creation of HorsePlayer Interactive (HPI). The account wagering vehicle of the operation, HPI allows bettors to deposit money into their accounts and place…
Woodbine Entertainment Group launched WEGZ and Turf Lounge in an effort to take the traditional teletheatre concept to the next level by housing it within a popular and entertaining destination that could reach out to a larger, but still specific,…