TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Printing Money If Hans Gruber and his crew invested their time and energy in Nakatomi the horse, rather than the Los Angeles plaza, they’d be a whole lot richer… and alive. That’s because 5-year-old gelding Nakatomi has landed in the money in...

DEL MAR PARK — By Ed DeRosa   Two diametrically opposed styles of races headline the top summer racing today, as the feature at Saratoga Race Course is a turf sprint while the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club headliner is a dirt marathon. Of course, style is not related to...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   No Slowin’ Down The summer of Dornoch remains in full force after another successful trip around the track in the $1 million Haskell (G1) at Monmouth Park. Running from the first post position, Dornoch and rider Luis Saez jumped out to an early...

NEW YORK — By Chris Lomon   Spotlight Race: Shuvee Stakes (G2) at Saratoga   Date: Sunday, July 21st (Race 5 at 3:17 pm ET )   What to do with a $20 Bet:  $20 to win on Just Katherine    The Reason: Just Katherine has been just outstanding in her efforts...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Formidable Foe If Leslie’s Rose (5-1) is the Buffalo Bills circa 1991-1994, then Thorpedo Anna (1-2) is the Lombardi Trophy. The pair will meet for the third time in this Saturday’s American Oaks (G1) at Saratoga where the race within the race...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Laser-Like It took a laser-focused effort from Whitebeam (GB) to hold off Canadian Horse of the Year recipient (2022) Moira in Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1T) at Saratoga. With the win by three-quarters of a length, Whitebeam was able to...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Fly your Flag Chili Flag (FR) (9-2) is flying high ahead of Saturday’s $500,000 Diana (G1T) at Saratoga. Currently boasting a streak of three straight graded scores, the 5-year-old mare will need to outduel a deep field of challengers for a...

ENGLAND — By Ed DeRosa   A familiar face to North American bettors headlines the Falmouth Stakes on Friday at Newmarket in the UK, where last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf runner up Porta Fortuna figures to be a heavy favorite off a big win in the Coronation...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Use your Head Trikari channeled his inner Mikel Merino with a heads-up effort in Saturday’s $750,000 Belmont Derby (G1) at Aqueduct. Like the Spanish midfielder, who delivered a stunning game-clinching header in the 119th minute of last...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Not About How You Start… Poor showings in their respective pro debuts didn’t stop Alex Bregman (0-4, 2 K) and Freddie Freeman (0-3, K) from going on to have remarkable major league careers. The same can be said about Trikari, a 3-year-old colt...