Dave Surico

Distaff Dave Surico's analysis Pace is the question of this race. If either Azeri or Imperial Gesture shakes loose early, the race could be theirs. A short run into the...

Balmoral Park said Tuesday it has discovered that the tampering in its recent handicapping contest involved a third person and began in a qualifying round. According to Randy Olech, Balmoral's...

Track officials at Balmoral Park have suspended the posting of the final results of Saturday's $50,000 handicapping contest because they believe two players tried to rig the contest. The winner...

Favored Cetewayo scored a record-setting victory Saturday in the $224,625 Grade III Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup Turf Handicap at Arlington Park. The 8-year-old rallied from 18 1/2 lengths back...

The Breeders' Cup Oct. 26 at Arlington Park did not sell out at Sunday's ticket application deadline. Although the total number of tickets sold of the approximately 35,000 available through...

In all but one respect it was a racing day like any other for Russell Reineman. The 84-year-old owner went to the track to watch his horses run. Except this...

The call to post will provide the accompaniment as Chicago plays musical racetracks next week. Thoroughbred racing will shift to Arlington Park after Hawthorne Race Course closes its 23-day spring...

Sportsman's Park boss Charles Bidwill III was delighted by War Emblem's Illinois Derby-Kentucky Derby double. "This validates our racetrack in no uncertain terms and it certainly confirms that the $1...

Pretty Gale, half-sister to Illinois Derby winner War Emblem, earned a Sportsman's Park stakes win of her own Sunday in the $100,000 Lady Hallie Handicap. The 4-year-old daughter of Mountain...

Repent, runner-up in the Illinois Derby at Sportsman's, will miss the Triple Crown due to a chip in his left front ankle. He is expected to undergo surgery Monday. "It's...