Express Train rolling into the Big Cap

  The Santa Anita Handicap has long been one of those resume-building races. First run back in 1935, the roll call of winners features some of the best names in the business. One blossoming California-based runner hopes to add his name to the list come March 5....

Hillbilly thoughts on a big racing Saturday

There is a huge Saturday on tap in the Thoroughbred racing world. Here are a few hillbilly turf writer picks and pans… The Gotham Stakes- Firenze Fire and this one turn mile at Aqueduct might be like a coon dog and a full moon…made for each other. Yes, the...

Lava Man a racing legend that still lives

LAVA MAN A RACING LEGEND THAT STILL LIVES How time flies when you are having fun. It doesn’t seem like that long ago a California-bred claimer was setting the racing circuit afire and making history. A quick check of the calendar tells us it has been a decade since...