#American Revolution

Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher How humans like to wager! We seem to be under the spell of Lady Luck, eager for the ego-boosting experience of beating the odds (and other wagers) and the allure of the quick buck, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Although various forms of gambling in the United States predates the American Revolution,…

American Revolution, shown winning the Grade I Cigar Mile in December, is among the likely ones in Saturday's Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs. Photo by Joe Labozzetta, courtesy of New York Racing Association June 3 (UPI) -- Weekend racing is all about the doings on Epsom Downs southwest of London, where the Oaks on Friday and the Derby on Saturday…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

Olympiad with Junior Alvarado aboard wins the New Orleans Classic at Fair Grounds. This Saturday's Grade 2, $750000 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs brings together a field of seven horses in the Breeders' Cup Classic division trying to earn a "Win and You're In" spot into the big race in November. Leading the field in terms of career…

Q. The Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in horse racing's Triple Crown, was first run in 1867, eight years before the inaugural Kentucky Derby. So why does the latter claim to be the oldest continually held sporting event in the United States? A. While the Kentucky Derby has been held every single year since its founding in 1875, the Belmont Stakes…

In Spa Selections, Saratoga correspondent Joseph Aiello provides Saratoga picks for a handful of key races at Saratoga, including all of the exciting stakes action! Race 5 - Fasig-Tipton Lure Stakes 1. #7 Sifting Sands (5-1) - Has already won twice at Saratoga and is likely to be overlooked with the other Chad Brown trainee taking more money, he…