If the folks who are connected with Curlin want a rematch, all they have to do is run the 2007 Horse of the Year in the Sword Dancer Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 16. Red Rocks, who beat Curlin in the Man o'War Stakes at Belmont last weekend, is going to make his next start in [...]...

The annual Open House at Saratoga Race Course is Sunday. It's free to get in and there are some nice things for the family to do. Race fans can get an early fix with steeplechase races (sorry, there is no betting on these). And then things start for real with Opening Day on Wednesday....

No matter what you hear, what you read or who you talk to, Big Brown is not officially out of the Travers. But he's a long ways from being in, too. Was talking to Michael Iavarone, the majority owner of Big Brown, Sunday at Belmont Park. He doesn't even want to talk about the Travers until after [...]...

Del Mar, the jewel of West Coast horse racing begins its meet on Wednesday. It will run until Wednesday, Sept. 3. I've never been there — Saratoga doesn't allow that — but what's not to like about a track just 20 miles north or San Diego? The big race of the meet is the $1 million [...]...

Despite a third place finish in the four-horse Swaps Stakes in California Saturday, Colonel John's next start will be the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Trainer Eoin Harty, speaking by phone Monday from California, said he was pleased enough with Colonel John's race, which was his first since his sixth place finish in the [...]...