Birthdate: November 5, 1950 Birthplace: Altadena, Cal. Residence: Pasadena, Cal. Family: Wife, Randi; son, Gary (also a trainer); daughter, Andrea Mandella worked for his father, Gene, a blacksmith in ...

“Until you go to the Kentucky Derby with your own eyes, behold the Derby, you ain’t never been nowhere and you ain’t never seen nothing.”—Irving S. Cobb It was a Monday, the start of a new week, but ...

After a campaign highlighted by wins in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, and DraftKings Travers Stakes, Sovereignty was honored as 2025’s Horse ...

Welcome to Noel Michaels’ Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple ...

Magnitude scored in front-running fashion to win the Grade 1 $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes June 27 at Churchill Downs. Baeza was second after breaking slowly from the gate, followed by last year's ...

Saying goodbye to a building is one thing. Bidding farewell to people is another. When I think about the closure of Aqueduct Racetrack this Sunday, what first comes to mind isn’t the image of that ...

Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer, Michaels also writes a weekly “Weekend Winners” ...

The 45th running of the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes on Saturday at Churchill Downs drew a small, but star-studded field competing for a $2 million purse as well as a ticket to the Longines Breeders’ ...

Just two days after Flightline’s record-setting victory in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course, Freddy Seitz signed the ticket for a 2.5% interest in the stallion prospect for ...

For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 ...

Contested by 3-year-old fillies at a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on dirt at Belmont Park, the Mother Goose Stakes was named for H.P. Whitney's filly Mother Goose, one of only 13 fillies to ...

Bill Mott started his training career early in life. Mott owned and trained his first horse, a $320 mare named My Assets, who he ran at unrecognized meets in South Dakota, winning his first race at a ...