Eddie Neloy

Owners are hopeful, trainers are cautious and the fanciers are poised for action as the 3-year-olds start coming out of hiding to demonstrate whether they have the quality to be considered seriously as classic winners

Each year on the eve of the running of the rich Garden State, which is supposed to decide the 2-year-old championship as well as the winter book favorite for the following season's Kentucky Derby, track boss Eugene...

To anyone who owned a 2-year-old that didn't already pull a wagon for a living, the Futurity at Arlington Park last Saturday had to look like the greatest race in the world—and winning it was beside the point. One...

Often he stands awkwardly in the winner's circle as his owner accepts the trophies. At other times he is back in the barn as his jockey is surrounded by press and pageantry. Mostly his job is one of frustration...