TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Quad-A In professional baseball, the players who are too good for AAA but haven’t quite been able to find their footing at the Major League level are commonly referred to as Quad-A players. Green Up, who enters Saturday’s $300,000 Beholder (G1) at...

NEW MEXICO — By Ed DeRosa Before we get to the Albert and Henry Dominguez Memorial Handicap on Friday at Sunland Park, some personal news: I am playing in my first-ever National Handicapping Championship next week. I bring this up mostly to brag, but also to segue into the...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Locked In Having not raced since finishing third in last November’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), 3-year-old Locked is primed, ready, and fresh heading into Saturday’s $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream. The young colt has impressed through...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Pardon Me Thanks to a heroic last-minute closeout by 13-1 challenger Senor Buscador, the 6-year-old’s connections walked away from Saturday’s $20 million Saudi Cup (G1) a whole lot richer. Making his first start outside of the U.S. and third with...

SANTA ANITA PARK – By Chris Lomon   Spotlight race: $100,000 Wishing Well Stakes at Santa Anita      Date:  Sunday, February 25th (Race 9, 7:30 p.m. ET)        What to do with a $20 bet:  $10 win and $10 place on #5 Miss Lizzy (12-1 in the Opening Odds)   The reason:  In...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon   Bizarro Shanahan In last week’s edition of What’s on Track, we talked about Sierra Leone’s Kyle Shanahan-esque performance in last December’s Remsen Stakes (G2). This time around, in Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds, the...

NEW MEXICO — By Chris Lomon Spotlight race: $250,000 Sunland Park Oaks      Date:  Sunday, February 18 (Race 7 at 5:13 pm ET)    What to do with a $20 bet:  $10 win and $10 place bets on #2 Simply Enchanting (7-2 in the Opening Odds)   The reason: Simply Enchanting...

OAKLAWN PARK — By Ed DeRosa I have exhilarating news, @MyRailbirds readers: This is the most excited I’ve ever been to tout a horse on this website! Of course, the final arbiter of our excitement level will be the tote board, but the morning line odds gives us every reason to...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon There He Is In last Friday’s preview of the stakes weekend that was, we wondered which version of National Treasure would show up for Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream: the reigning Preakness champion or the one who squanders...

SANTA ANITA — By Chris Lomon Spotlight race: $100,000 Clocker’s Corner Stakes at Santa Anita Park      Date: Sunday, January 28th (Race 7, 6:41 p.m. ET)        Why to watch:  Several hopefuls have a big shot at taking all the spoils in the 6 ½ furlong tilt on the Santa...