TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Three’s Company For all the talk around Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and a potential Kansas City Chiefs threepeat, there’s another powerhouse trio with a shot at history this weekend. On Saturday, jockey William Buick, trainer Charlie...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Still Burnin’ After 29 starts, four graded stakes wins, and over $2 million in total purse earnings, 7-year-old gelding Get Smokin is still hungry for more. The marvelous Mark Casse trainee will make his triumphant return to Kentucky Downs this...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Life-Changing Money Poll time! Who will earn more money in 2024: Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell or the winner of this Saturday’s $3.1 million Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) at Kentucky Downs? Those who answered Dell, who accumulated...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   A Royal Return A Twisters-esque scene in the Greater Toronto Area last Sunday cut short the most celebrated day on the Canadian Thoroughbred racing calendar. Now that the torrential downpours have subsided (knock on wood), the 165th running of...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   2.5 Million Reasons Colonial Downs is set to host a septet of stakes, including three of the graded variety, this weekend. Headlined by the $1 million Arlington Million (G1T), the Virginia racecourse’s loaded slate remains on track despite the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   The Future is Now Bright Future, who’s more than fit the bill through nine professional starts (5-0-2), is all about the here and now ahead of the $1 million Whitney (G1) at Saratoga. It’s been a successful three-year run for the multiple...

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...

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 Derby Darlings Not only will trainers Steve Asmussen and Todd Pletcher be jostling for