Aqueduct, Churchill Downs Serve Superb Races on Thanksgiving
November 20, 2018
Thanksgiving weekend brings a series of exciting races, including Aqueduct and Churchill Downs’ offerings on
Thanksgiving weekend brings a series of exciting races, including Aqueduct and Churchill Downs’ offerings on
Saratoga and Arlington Park command center stage with million-dollar plus races in early August, while
Saratoga’s Race Course launches its 40-day meet with 69 stakes races and $18.8 million in
Belmont Park’s Stars & Stripes Racing Festival, which launched in 2014, offers a pair of
Pennsylvania horse-racing officials have hired an advertising agency to launch a campaign to bolster flagging
With Justify poised to be the second Triple Crown winner in the past four years,
After winning the Preakness, Justify heads to the Belmont Stakes on June 9—but, will he
Churchill Downs and Golden Nugget Atlantic City are teaming up on an online sports betting
The Lexington, Kentucky-based Keeneland Racecourse mini-meet goes through April 27, with exciting races each weekend
Three Kentucky Derby prep races—Santa Anita, Keeneland and Aqueduct—take off on April 7. Prep races
Racing kicks into high gear in March with major races, big cards, lucrative carryovers and
Fair Grounds in Louisiana and Laurel Park in Maryland don’t always get the love from
On August 18, 1982, the Dodgers and Cubs completed a 21-inning marathon (suspended after 17 innings the previous day due to darkness) with LA winning 2-1. Tommy Lasorda used all 25 players, including pitchers Bob Welch and Fernando Valenzuela in the outfield. Jerry Reuss closed out the 21-inning game for the win, then started the regularly scheduled game immediately after, pitching five innings for a 7-4 victory to earn two wins in a single day.
On August 17, 1984, "Charlie Hustle" returned to the Reds as player-manager, reinvigorated the franchise, and set the stage for Rose to eventually break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record in a Reds uniform at Riverfront Stadium just a year later.
