The first of 11 race meets spread across seven states over the next month and half takes place at Shawan Downs near Hunt Valley in Baltimore County on Saturday with an eight-race card that’s attracted 75 entries.   After two months of high-profile flat-track steeplechase racing at Saratoga and Colonial Downs in Virginia, the National...

Buttonwood Farm’s The Mean Queen prevails in epic grade one showdown vs. Snap Decision Whether you were there in person or watching the live stream, Thursday’s $150,000 Lonesome Glory hurdle stakes at Belmont Park was a race fans will be talking about for a long time. The showdown between the quirky, but freakishly talented mare...

NYRA oddsmakers have made Snap Decision the even-money favorite for Thursday’s Lonesome Glory showdown with The Mean Queen, who has been installed as the 7-5 second choice. In less than 48 hours, we’ll learn if Buttonwood Farm’s mighty mare The Mean Queen can give steeplechasing’s reigning monarch, Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision, a run for h...

The $75,000 William Entenmann novice stakes at Belmont on Thursday pits a talent-packed, up-and-coming field in the early stages of their jumping careers. Six of the runners have become familiar names over the past few months, largely thanks to their exploits at Colonial Downs in Virginia and at Saratoga over the summer. The seventh is...