#Carol Cedeno

I led last week's column with this, but … "There seems to be more distractions than ever before for gamblers' attention with MLB starting to join NBA and NHL on the daily calendar" … and now we have football, too, with the second coming of the USFL. But, hey, there's always time to slip in some horse racing plays on our busy Saturdays. Last…

White Abarrio, seen winning the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, is among the Kentucky Derby contenders returning to action in Saturday's Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park June 24 (UPI) -- Derby contenders from Louisville and Epsom Downs return to action in weekend horse racing and "Win and You're In" spots for…

Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun works out at Churchill Downs in preparation for Saturday's Stephen Foster Stakes. Photo courtesy of Churchill Downs July 1 (UPI) -- The Fourth of July weekend kicks off the second half of the horse racing year with a bang as Mandaloun, Life Is Good, Ce Ce and other notables return from layoffs. Adding to the…

Trainer Mark Shuman wasn't sure whether running Angel Art, a two-year-old Imagining filly, Saturday in a maiden special weight race at Laurel Park was a good idea. Spoiler alert: It was. "We could have waited and run her in one of those waiver maiden claimers," Shuman said. "And I worry when they start dumping all the sand on the track." The sand,…

When racing resumes Wednesday at Delaware Park, jockey Jaime Rodriguez will arrive on an unusual and impressive streak. The rider, in the midst of the best season of his career, has won his last seven starts at Delaware. That has helped to push him to 90 wins at the meet and give him a preposterously long lead in the race for the riding title; his…