2017 Jockey ROI Awards
Eclipse Awards voters should have received their packets by now, and as they consider the on-track accomplishments of horses, trainers, jockeys, owners, and breeders at the highest level of the sport, I wanted to take […]
Year In Review
Top 5 Horse Racing Upsets of 2017
First, some ground rules: There are two ways to consider a race “an upset”: 1. Who won, and 2. Who lost. In making this list, I considered not only the winner but also the beaten […]
Top 10 Memorable Races of 2017
Opinions will obviously differ, but for my money the following races stood out among the hundreds of graded stakes run throughout 2017. Enjoy the look back at 10 of the most memorable of the year […]
Best of Hanson 2017: An Anthology
The end of another year is upon us, thus time to anthologize some of my better (IMHO) takes and features published throughout 2017 at Brisnet.com. (you can find my “Best of” collections for 2015 and […]