A Day At the Races: Firehouse Racing Kentucky Derby Dream Resonates
by RYAN DICKEY For a man that has a stated goal to be the majority owner of a horse that runs in the Kentucky Derby, it would be easy to believe that owning a four-year-old […]
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A Day At the Races: Nicolle Neulist Visits Turfway Park
by NICOLLE NEULIST I made my maiden voyage to Turfway Park February 22-24, and I’m glad I did. I feared the entire trip would be rainy: a few days before flying down there, the weather […]
Fair Grounds, New Orleans, & the Horse Racing Foodie
by MICHAEL BEYCHOK There has been some chatter lately on the social media channels from friends about where to eat and drink in New Orleans, so—as one does on Twitter.com—I’m inserting my opinion into the […]
Day at the Races: Observations from 2017 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar
This year marked my 20th Breeders’ Cup and Del Mar was a great host. It’s a beautiful track/area and horse people from all over the world embraced it, resulting in terrific competition. Traffic was another […]
A Day At the Races: Presque Isle Downs is the Cheers of racetracks
words and photos by NICOLLE NEULIST Of course, the sport on people’s minds was horse racing, not baseball. Deep, stained wood lined saddling stalls, not a bar. People sat in lawn chairs or at picnic […]
It’s time to get hype for the 2017 Little Brown Jug Delaware County Fair
I’m not going to pretend that if I ever got into the owning or breeding side of the horse racing game that I would want to win the Little Brown Jug more than the Kentucky […]
A Day at the Races: 2017 Travers Day at Saratoga
West Coast strutted onto the track with purpose, bouncing along as he headed toward the Travers starting gate, and he proceeded to dominate a deep group of rivals recording a wire-to-wire victory. Jockey Mike Smith […]
A Day at the Races: Arlington Million Magic
by NICOLLE NEULIST In 2013, I went to the Arlington Million for the first time. I wore jeans and a t-shirt, just like I’d wear to any other thing I did to occupy a Saturday […]
A Day At the Races: Sorry Not Sorry About an Overcast Monday at Saratoga
words & pictures by NICOLLE NEULIST I wasn’t expecting people to apologize for the day when I made my maiden voyage to Saratoga, but “I’m sorry” abounded. Folks apologized that it was cold, overcast, that […]
A Day at the Races: A Prince of a day at Fort Erie
by NICOLLE NEULIST An often-sarcastic friend with whom I made the trip to the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie kept calling the Ontario track “the Saratoga of Canada.” Considering the track’s size and […]