Ja McGrath

1 week ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Ken Snyder |Donn McClean |Ja McGrath

Our columnist is hoping the Pimlico Classic will receive its due for a change as it reaches a significant landmarkThe Preakness Stakes has a problem and there’s nothing that can be done about it; put bluntly, sparing no feelings, even in its historic anniversary year, its 150th running, the Preakness isn’t the Kentucky Derby or the Belmont Stakes, its more venerated Classic brethren. The Kentucky Derby is America’s greatest race, and only the Belmont can anoint a Triple Crown winner.

2 months ago | thoroughbredracing.com | Ken Snyder |Donn McClean |Ja McGrath

Whisper it, but the ‘D-word’ is on our microshare owner’s lips as his pride and joy Caldera moves into the big league in Sunday’s Sunland Park DerbyNo, hell did not freeze over, as far as I know. There have been no reports of pigs flying or ants singing opera either. Despite none of these things happening (a frozen hell is still on the table, of course) a horse in which I own a microshare under the MyRacehorse banner, Caldera, won a race.