Even when Lexitonian needed easing in a race, Jack Sisterson never eased his expectations. And when his 5-year-old had a bad race, Sisterson knew he wasn’t a bad horse. And, when Lexitonian left the Saratoga starting gate in Saturday’s Grade 1 Vanderbilt Stakes as the biggest price on the board […]
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Sport Climbing: A New Sport with a New Format is Ready to Rock the Tokyo Olympics
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut on Tuesday, thrilling audiences with frantic scrambles and creative grips. But the new discipline didn’t just surprise viewers, as the format of the competition in the Tokyo Olympics is new to the athletes as well. Men and women are each competing for just one […]
Tokyo Olympics: Brazil and Spain to Play for Gold After Fierce Semifinal Battles
Brazil got past Mexico on penalties, with Spain qualifying for the Finals of the men’s Olympic soccer tournament after a narrow 1-0 win over Japan in extra time. Real Madrid’s Marco Asensio scored the winner five minutes before the last whistle. Mexico fought until the end, but couldn’t keep their […]
Messi and Barcelona Reach Five-Year Deal, Announcement Due Shortly
The panic is over for Barcelona’s faithful as Leo Messi agreed on a five-year contract extension to remain at Camp Nou. The new deal will keep him with Barca until he’s almost 40-years old. Catalonian paper Sport claims all of the details have been agreed to in the talks between […]
Harry Kane Misses Tottenham Training for Two Days, Manchester City Ready to Bid for His Services
Tottenham Hotspur and England Captain Harry Kane failed to report to Tottenham’s preseason training on Monday and Tuesday. His move is aimed at putting pressure on his club to allow his move to join Manchester City this summer. Reports from two weeks ago suggested that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy agreed […]
McPeek Files Request for Hearing After Several Entries Denied
Even with the quarantine for Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) lifted on Monday, trainer Kenny McPeek filed a hearing request with the New York State Gaming Commission after several of his horses were denied entry into early-week races at Saratoga. BloodHorse reported that attorney Andrew Mollica filed the request on McPeek’s behalf […]
Tokyo Olympics: Team USA Faces World Cup Champions Spain in Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals
Spain established itself as the chief rival to the United States in international men’s basketball over the past 15 years, playing – but losing – to the US in the medal rounds in each of the last three Summer Olympics. Now, the top two teams in the world will clash […]
Tokyo Olympics: Warholm, Benjamin Set for Epic Duel in Men’s 400m Hurdles Final
Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin easily qualified for the men’s 400-meter hurdles final, setting up another confrontation between the rivals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Warholm and Benjamin both ran in the same semifinal heat on Sunday and may have engaged in head games down the stretch of that […]
NHL Investigating Evander Kane for Betting on Hockey, Throwing Games for Sharks
Anna Kane accused her husband, San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane, of trying to fix games for gambling purposes in a blistering Instagram story she made on Saturday. Kane responded to that story on Sunday, saying that he has never gambled on hockey, let alone thrown a game. NHL to […]
Assiniboia Downs Puts Up $1 Million for Manitoba Derby Day Pick 5
Assiniboia Downs decided to celebrate Monday’s Manitoba Derby Day by offering a $1 million guaranteed payout to any single bettor holding a winning ticket on the Jackpot Pick 5. The payout goes to the holder of a unique winning ticket. Meanwhile, that Canadian track located outside of Winnipeg, announced a […]
Tokyo Olympics: USA, Canada Renew North American Rivalry in Women’s Soccer Semifinal
The United States and Canada each survived penalty shootouts to set up a semifinal clash between the CONCACAF rivals in the women’s soccer tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. Canada and Team USA will now face off on Monday in Kashima with a berth to the gold medal game on the […]
Dynamic One Was Finally Just That in the Curlin; Travers Likely Next
Yes, Dynamic One’s victory came in a listed stakes, the Curlin. Yes, it came in a 3-year-old race buried in the laundry that is Jim Dandy Weekend at Saratoga – especially with star sophomore Essential Quality headlining. But Friday’s Curlin, which was limited to 3-year-olds who had not won a […]
C Z Rocket Takes Off In Search of Elusive Grade 1 in Bing Crosby Stakes
Considering how many times he’s figured in various race mixes, it defies logic that C Z Rocket comes into Saturday’s Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes lacking a Grade 1 victory. And yet, here he is, one of the West Coast’s top sprinters and owner of 11 victories and nearly $1.4 […]
Tokyo Olympics: Rising Star Alexander Zverev Goes for Men’s Tennis Gold vs. Karen Khachanov
Alexander Zverev stands one win away from the biggest title of his tennis career after knocking off Novak Djokovic to set up a date with Karen Khachanov in the finals of the Olympic men’s singles event. Zverev defeated the No. 1 ranked Djokovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Friday to advance […]
Tokyo Olympics: Bencic, Vondrousova Face Off for Gold in Women’s Tennis Tournament
Most of the top seeds melted away early in the Olympic women’s tennis tournament, and No. 4 seed Elina Svitolina fell in the semifinals. That leaves No. 9 Belinda Bencic and unseeded Marketa Vondrousova to battle for the gold medal in the singles competition on Saturday. Vondrousova eliminated Svitolina 6-3, […]
Cross Country Pick 5 Takes to the Stakes This Week
Four stakes races up and down the graded-stakes ladder highlight this week’s New York Racing Association Cross Country Pick 5. The horizontal exotic once again brings you races from Monmouth Park, Saratoga, and Canada’s Woodbine. The minimum bet for the three-track, five-race wager is 50 cents. The Cross Country Pick […]
Watch the Blue-Blooded Sprinting Talent Clash in the Vanderbilt
The Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes gives you the venerable Whitmore, the ubiquitous Firenze Fire, and the dynamic Mischevious Alex. Enough sprinting talent to throw in a trifecta box at, say, the Breeders’ Cup Sprint this fall at Del Mar. Except that, a few hours after Saratoga turns that […]
Essential Quality Looks Like a Real Jim Dandy Favorite Here
Proving not all graded stakes winners are viewed equally, Saturday’s Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga features five graded stakes winners in the six-horse field. None of them are viewed through the prism of expectations as Essential Quality. The Belmont Stakes champion comes in as the 1/2 favorite in the […]
UFC on ESPN: Sean Strickland Takes on ‘Gatekeeper’ Uriah Hall in Middleweight Matchup
Uriah Hall is riding a four-fight winning streak into Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 28 main event, where he’ll take on Sean Strickland in a matchup of middleweight contenders. Strickland has also won four straight fights, and says he sees a win over the veteran Hall as a way to vault […]
Preakness Champion and Prolific Sire Bernardini Euthanized at 18
Bernardini, the 2006 Preakness Stakes winner and one of the most decorated international sires of this century, was euthanized on Friday after complications from laminitis. He was 18. The stallion was euthanized at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky, where he lived since beginning his stallion career in 2007. Sheikh Mohammed’s Darley […]