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By Rick Francis —- It’s Breeders’ Cup Friday and once again for the 42nd edition juvenile colts, gelding and fillies will showcase their talents from beautiful Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Forecast calls for clear skies and comfortable temps, track conditions will...

Bob Hill, TSV staff writer —- Del Mar and Saratoga Race Courses Pacific Classic – Del Mar – G1 for 3yos and up at 1-1/4 miles on the Main Track Run at the distance of the BC Classic on the very track where that race will be contested this year, the Pacific Classic offers a...

By Rick Francis —- As the 2025 Saratoga racing season hits the “homestretch” we are once again blessed with a Grade 1 contest the Alabama Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. The Alabama was first inaugurated in 1872 making it one of America’s oldest races and...

By Rick Francis —- A field of ten head to the starting gate at beautiful Saratoga Race Course for the 97th renewal of the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes. Contested at the “handicap” distance of 1&1/8th mile, this group features eight millionaires amongst the ten...

By Rick Francis —- The eyes of the racing world turn to Oceanport, New Jersey and Monmouth Park where the 58th edtion of the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational takes it’s turn in the spotlight. With a “Win and You’re In'” Breeders’ Cup Classic invite...

By Rick Francis —- The 157th running of the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes will once again take place at beautiful Saratoga Race Course as construction of the new Belmont Park continues and for the second consecutive year be contested at the “classic” route of one and...

By Bob Hill, TSV Staff Writer —- With an odds-n favorite in a nine horse field, the Preakness looks to be a tough place to score big on Saturday. Handicappers applying their standard tools cannot escape the fact that Journalism (2) looks much the best in this field. The...

By Rick Francis —- There are many questions surrounding the 151st Running of the Kentucky Derby with the most obvious being “Who Ya Like”? Today along with the esteemed ladies of the Gretna Jockey Club we’ll put picks to paper or screens. In a previous...

By Bob Hill TSV Feature Writer —- Blue Grass Stakes Selections Keeneland (G1) 1-1/8 miles on main track Moved from its normal Saturday run date to this Tuesday due to the dangerous storms that ravaged the Mid-South, the G1 Blue Grass Stakes is the final 200-point Kentucky...

By Bob Hill Tracksideview Feature Writer —- Wood Memorial Selections Aqueduct (G2) 1-1/8 miles on main track Bob Hill, TSV staff writer For the past two decades the stature of the Wood Memorial as a key prep race for potential Kentucky Derby runners has been diminished....